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This article doesn't focus really on the fact of the 98k deaths, but I wasn't to look at this fact that people brandy about. I find it altogether impossible to believe. That's a lot of deaths or a lot of mistakes. The more likely candidate is that there were a lot of choices in a serious situation and the wrong one was chosen. Lets focus on the significant factor. The person, by and large, who died was ill, seriously ill. The death is attributed to the error, but in all reality they might or probably would have died anyways. Now this doesn't negate the reason for dealing with errors, but the number does need to be an accurate reflection on the truth. The real question is how many deaths does the insurance industry lead to by denial of claims, or procrastinating(hoping the patient dies first) or causing emotional turmoil. That is a big issue as well that needs to be addressed The other reason that 98,ooo is impossible to believe is the 1/5th statistic. that means that on average 3.7million people die from 4 main causes. I think that is impossibly shallow statistical writing. Ultimately the real question is why is it that everyone wants to live forever? 3.7 million is based on an old US population of 270mil/70 year life expectancy(rough guess)