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Here are the stats for 2005
Posted By: Former Militaryman (adsl-75-21-23-233.dsl.ltrkar.sbcglobal.net)
In Response To: Response (Former Militaryman)
Date: Monday, September 24, 2007, @ 8:15 a.m.
Rank Occupation - Death rate/100,000 /Total deaths
1 Fishers and fishing workers - 118.4 / 48
2 Logging workers - 92.9 / 80
3 Aircraft pilots - 66.9 / 81
4 Structural iron and steel workers - 55.6 / 35
5 Refuse and recyclable material collectors - 43.8 / 32
6 Farmers and ranchers - 41.1 / 341
7 Electrical power line installers/repairers -32.7 / 36
8 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers - 29.1 / 993
9 Miscelleneous agricultural workers - 23.2 / 176
10 Construction laborers - 22.7 / 339http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/16/pf/2005_most_dangerous_jobs/index.htm
As you can see there are many more "dangerous" jobs, day in and day out, than military/police work, and many with very erratic hours. I think the bottom line is that meet directors have these seperate division as a "patriotic" gesture for the service people, which causes no harm to anyone.
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