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Wow! And England and Wales are entire countries! Except... They are much, much, much smaller countries, and so... One would actually expect a much, much, muc
by _asdf_asdf 11y ago
Wow! And England and Wales are entire countries!
Except...
They are much, much, much smaller countries, and so...
One would actually expect a much, much, much smaller number for them.
Even combined.
Whether by land area or population, they are considerably smaller.
- rodgerd 11y agoGiven the population of the UK is about a fifth of the US, your post is so ridiculous it's hard to consider it anything but a troll.
- bdavisx 11y agoYes, but: the population of England and Wales together is about 55 Million; the us 319 Million. So that's a ratio of 1:5.8. There were 3 shootings vs 984, so that's a ratio of 1:328. So it's still a very valid point.
- cbr 11y agoThey're smaller, but not that much smaller. With a combined population of 56M to the USA's 319M, we could scale their shooting numbers by 5.7x to get something adjusted for population. So if they were as big as the USA they would have ~17 shootings to our 984.
- spikels 11y agoNot that much smaller: Population Killed (mid-2012) by Police United States 314,102,623 984 England & Wales 56,567,800 3 Ratio 6x 328x Don't think land area makes sense. However adjusting for crime rates and demographics would make a big difference.