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>> Mike P wrote:

>>> Hooray. Vision zero is still a long way off though. The numbers might
>>> be low by historic standards, but they are still way too high by
>>> civilised 21th century standards. Yes, horses used to kill more people
>>> 100 years ago, but so did wars and epidemics - human life was
>>> considered cheap back then and we can't use that era as a comparison.

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>>> According to the WHO, car accidents remain the 6th most common cause
>>> of death in the developed world,

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>> Perhaps you'd like to tell us what the other five are. We could then
>> prioritise, starting with the greatest cause.

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> According to Wikipedia, the WHO figures in 2002 were:
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> Ischeaemic heart disease 3.5 million
> Stroke 3.4 million
> COPD 1.8 million
> Lower respiratory infections 1.2 million
> Lung cancer 0.9 million
> Car accident 0.67 million
> Stomach cancer 0.65 million
> High blood pressure 0.64 million
> TB 0.57 million
> Suicide 0.5 million
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> That makes death in a traffic accident 17%% more likely than dying from
> tuberculosis in developed countries.
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