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A member asked:
How many people die every year from the regular flu as compared to from gunshot wounds in the u.s.?
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Deaths, Flu vs Guns: The CDC estimates 36,000 deaths per year due to the flu, although the exact number will vary greatly from year to year depending on the severity of the season. In 2007 (most recent data I could find), there were 31,224 gun related deaths in the US.
Answered 12/22/2014
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Guns>flu: In 2010 the cdc saysthere were 31, 513 gun deaths in the us suicide 19, 308; homicide 11, 015; accident 600. With regaurd to influenza the cdc is much less exact indicating an average of about 26000 deaths anually.
Answered 7/8/2012
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