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		barry-cotter on Sept 12, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: "Life Expectancy" Doesn't Measure How Long You're ... That's right. If trauma medicine was still at the levels of the 70's the US murder rate would be about five times higher than it is.

ableal on Sept 12, 2012 [–]

That quiet little phrase may be the most intriguing thing I read all year.

Looking at things like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States, it implies that the US murder rate would have doubled, rather than halved.

I'd suggest it is worth a separate post.

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