[PRCo] Re: Indian cultural differences

[Phillip Clark Campbell]

Mr.Schneider;


This certainly puts it in perspective doesn't it.

It has been stated that the U.S. has higher work place injuries as well within the last couple decades; I have not heard any comparisons recently.  Relative to injuries one has to wonder about the criteria for reporting; this could vary considerably between countries, even locations inside borders.


Phil





----- Original Message ----
> From: Schneider Fred <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Sent: Saturday, December 6, 2008 11:28:33 AM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Indian cultural differences
> 
http://www.driveandstayalive.com/info%20section/statistics/statsmulticountry-percapita-2004.htm
> 
> Most recent data I could find was 2004.   "Close enough for govmint  
> work."
> 
> Yes, China killed 107,077 people on their roads in 2004 but that is  
> out of a population of 1.3 billion people.   India lost 90,000 out of  
> a billion people.   We lost 42,636 out of 293.5 million.
> 
> China had 8.26 fatalities per 100,000 people,
> India had 8.33 and
> we had 14.53.
> 
> Surprisingly, the worst death rate was
> Russia with almost 25 deaths per 100,000 population.
> 
> Germany, with a motor vehicle registration rate about the same as  
> ours but with people driving about half as many miles per year as we  
> do and with a tremendous number of miles of express highways (very  
> well designed ones) with no speed limits outside of rural areas, has  
> a fatality rate half that of the U. S. A.   
> Their rate is 7.09 per 100,000.