Because we're talking relatively small numbers. It's easy to create large movements in small numbers. If one person in my town is murdered this year, and 2 are

Because we're talking relatively small numbers. It's easy to create large movements in small numbers. If one person in my town is murdered this year, and 2 are murdered next year, that's a 100% year over year increase in the homicide rate. But it's obviously a meaningless increase. 2.2 out of a million is a small number. More people in NC are dying every day from cancer or heart disease.