Mexico - Dangers All Around

I like to address the fears of Americans about Mexico. If the Americans do not think of any guest worker, illegal or legal, as a potential serial killer, drug dealer or terrorist, then I imagine all sorts of misfortune and danger, the only abundant in the country of Mexico itself.

As I discussed in a previous column, in 2003, Mexico had 13 murders per 100,000 people. This is for the whole country! This was the same murder rate for the state of Louisianafor the same year.

There is a risk to live in America, not only because some serial killers (76% of the world's serial killers live in America), But You may find yourself making a trip to the local emergency room for reasons various. None of them want, I'm sure that, you need to know his mother.

The Americans keep statistics on everything. It 's amazing what you can find the American record that their behavior. I wish it were easy to find statisticsAbout Mexicans. Tend not to record the statistics of bizarre events, like the Americans are inclined to do.

In a little gem called The Statistical Abstract of the United States, you can read all kinds of statistics on almost everything you can imagine. Some of them are fun.

These fun facts to show the work and say, came to my attention by Bill Bryson, I'ma Stranger Here Myself author, where he cites this collection of facts. Read this man's book (s). And 'hysterical! IThey pray to buy his book (s) so that when he learned he defeated his idea did not sue me buy buy (buy).

In any case, this statistical work a section called violations associated with consumer products. It shows that America is in danger lurks not only in the form of violent crime, but obviously the Americans are at risk in every possible forum. For example, it can be at risk in their bed.

More than 519,000 Americans have to go and injuries to local emergency rooms each yeartied to their beds. Get this: the more people are injured every year from their beds as they do on the trampoline (91,870 jumps per year).

You are also able to understand this little fact? Are unable to do so. What could I say? Are that many people from falling or tripping over their beds? Perhaps his method of entry sends them bouncing bed like a trampoline and fly out the window. Maybe they need more rehabilitation therapy-in-bed. Perhaps the Americansconfused and think bed is a trampoline. I do not know!

Just look at this breakdown and remember - these are people whose injuries are severe, so that they have room to go directly to an emergency call:

o household packaging - 220, 118

or tables-310, 121

or TV-47, 210

Footwear O-118, 501

Jewelry O-76, 327

Now follow:

Over a year Americans are injured by their brutal shooting and screaming TupperwareContainer by a hand or chain saw (only 98 872 accidents per year). The tables are much more dangerous for Americans Hammers (43 055 injuries go to the emergency room for hammer). Televisions are also problematic for the Americans (imagine that!) It's like jewelry.

But what I want to know is how in God's name each year 118,501 Americans suffer damage from their shoes? I never knew that shoes or slippers that could be dangerous. How does this happen? If one of my readersshoes never go to the emergency room because of her, please e-mail at guillermobower@hotmail.com. I want to hear all about it!

Surprising that Americans are packing to leave the hospital for household goods from sports and recreation each year.

I think I'm safer in Mexico than in the U.S.. What do you think?