The risk of death by gunshot has been cut in half in Canada and is far smaller than in the United States, Statistics Canada says.
Soooo... Why do you think the risk of death by gunshot has been halved in Canada?
Measles deaths drop dramatically as vaccine reaches world's poorest children
On a sidenote:
In 1986, there were 23,490 reported cases of measles in Denmark.
In 1987, kids began to be vaccinated routinely.
In the first half of 2003 (most current figures), there were exactly 0 reported cases of...
According to a report by Humans Right Watch, two particular military tactics, the use of cluster munitions in populated areas and attacks on Iraqi leaders, caused hundreds of civilian deaths which could have been avoided:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3311705.stm
"At the time of his injury, Tom Hurndall was armed, wearing tiger fatigues, and shooting at a Israeli Defense Force outpost, taking cover behind a nearby building between shots.
Those of you reading about Tom Hurndall in the American or British media might start at this last sentence. After...
The latest projections for deaths from CJD in the UK suggest that no more than 7,000 deaths will occur by 2080. No more than 80 more people may die due to vCJD in that time.
This certainly paints a rosier picture than a 1997 estimate of 10 million deaths, or a later estimate of 50,000 deaths...
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