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oster@cs.usask.ca (Greg Oster) writes:

> Allison Scott MacEachern (maceache@acs.ucalgary.ca) wrote:
> : In article <3aj3fn$d43@sndsu1.sinet.slb.com>,
> : Dan Day <dcd@se.houston.geoquest.slb.com> wrote:
> : >In article <Nov17.043137.88015@acs.ucalgary.ca> maceache@acs.ucalgary.ca (
> : >>
> : >>Just out of curiousity, since guns are so much safer than
> : >>explosives, how  often do people kill themselves/others
> : >>accidentally in Canada wwith explosives every year, compared with
> : >>the gun numbers?
> : >
> : >Before you consider the answer to that relevant to anything,
> : >you're going to have to know the relative rates of firearm
> : >ownership versus explosives ownership.



  Mortality 1991 - Statistics Canada - Summary List of Causes
    Accidents, Suicide; Homicide (from Juristat)
    -------------------------------------------------
            Causes        Number   Percent
    -------------------------------------------------
    ALL CAUSES             195,568   100.00%
    ACCIDENTS                8,212     4.20%
    SUICIDE                  3,593     1.84%
    HOMICIDE                   753     0.39%
    ALL OTHER CAUSES       183,010    93.58%

    ACCIDENTS                8,721   100.00%
    Transport                3,882    44.51%
    Poisoning                  699     8.02%
    Medical Misadventures      146     1.67%
    Falls                    2,053    23.54%
    Fire & Flames              318     3.65%
    Lightning                    5     0.06%
    Drowning                   390     4.47%
    Inhaling Food              341     3.91%
    Handgun                      4     0.05%
    Other Firearms              62     0.71%
    Explosives                  22     0.25%
    Electric Current            39     0.45%
    All other accidents        727     8.34%
    Theraputic Drugs            33     0.38%