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>You're being downvoted because you are attempting to mislead with statistics. How?[0] Your implication is that 100% of deaths are preventable and the 2% of t
by RC_ITR 3y ago
>You're being downvoted because you are attempting to mislead with statistics.
How?[0]
Your implication is that 100% of deaths are preventable and the 2% of those deaths that are car accidents are therefore unimportant? It's inherently misleading to look at deaths as a % vs. absolute figures (since we all die eventually).
People have to die from disease, it's the human condition. People do not have to die in car accidents (or suicides, we should prevent those too, but that's not really a hobby/activity).
The other way in which equating heart disease death with car accident death (or suicide death!) is extremely misleading is that the heart disease victim age chart does not look like this [1] even remotely. People lose a lot of years of life to car crashes.
[0]https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/traffic-crash-death-estimates-2022#:~:text=The%20National%20Highway%20Traffic%20Safety,42%2C939%20fatalities%20reported%20for%202021 https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/traffic-crash-death-est....
[1] https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/motor-vehicle/historical-fatality-trends/deaths-by-age-group/ https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/motor-vehicle/historical-fatalit...
- naveen99 3y agoHow much time is saved using a car vs walking ? What are the efficiency gains ? You should quantify the benefits as well as the risks.