This checks, using rough math, with other things I've seen. Can anyone verify the accuracy of this?
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1. The CDC does not require abortion data to be given to them. It's all voluntary, however, based on the CDC's data (from 49 states) there were approximately 638,169 abortions in 2015 (the most recent study), that equates to
1,748 per day.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30462632
The author seems to be getting different numbers. Perhaps from the Guttmacher Institute that reported approximately 926,200 abortions in 2014 (last year available). That equals about
2,537 per day. Guttmacher states their numbers may be off by +/- 5%.
https://www.guttmacher.org/sites/default/files/factsheet/fb_induced_abortion.pdf
2. CDC says 610,000 heart disease deaths per year, or
1,671 per day on average. Again, the author is off a bit.
https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/facts.htm
3. The National Cancer Institute says that in 2018, about 609,640 people will die of cancer. That's
1,670 average per day. The author is close here.
https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/understanding/statistics
4. This study says 5,180 deaths due to "adverse effects of medical treatment" (AEMT). That's about
14 per day on average. Way off, but he's likely using a report from Johns Hopkins that estimates 250,000 to 400,000 deaths per year due to AEMT. There's a link below to a page de-bunking that study if you care to look. Admittedly, I haven't taken the time to go through the study or the de-bunking link in great detail.
The absolute number of deaths in which AEMT was the underlying cause increased from 4180 (95% UI, 3087-4993) in 1990 to 5180 (95% UI, 4469-7436) in 2016.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6484545/
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/ar...ommon-cause-of-death-in-the-u-s-2019-edition/
5. CDC says 169,936 accident deaths per year (not car accidents, btw), or about
466 per day.
6. CDC says
401 per day. Spot on.
7. CDC says about
333 per day. Rounding error, I assume.
8. CDC says
229 per day. Rounding error again.
9. CDC says
153 per day, but that number includes both Flu and Pneumonia.
10. CDC says
129 per day
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm (Link applied to 5-10)
11. CDC says
130 per day.
https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/data/statedeaths.html
12. CDC says
29 per day.
https://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/impaired_driving/impaired-drv_factsheet.html
13. CDC says
12 per day.
https://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/underage-drinking.htm
14. CDC says
9 per day, but doesn't specify teenagers.
https://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/distracted_driving/index.html
15. FBI says
1 per day.
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-2017/topic-pages/tables/table-20
It appears that for things listed in the CDC web site, the numbers are close if not exact. For numbers needing a bit more digging, the numbers were off a bit.