"Murder rate drops as more survive gunshots, stabbings"

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Murder rate drops as more survive gunshots, stabbings

By Evan Dyer, CBC News

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/murder-rate-drops-as-more-survive-gunshots-stabbings-1.2481904

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But Sweet said that Ottawa has seen an increase in shootings, even as its homicide rate has declined.

“I think there’s some medical reasons for that,” said Supt. Sweet about the homicide rate.

“Things have changed a lot, in the 25 or 28 years I've been in this business, where you have first-rate care being given right on the street, not only by paramedics but also by police and fire, that maybe wasn’t there 25 years ago. And they’re getting excellent care once they get to the hospital as well.

“There’s no doubt that we’re seeing medical care that’s helping people to live that wouldn’t have lived before.”





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1. That's the argument

I've been trying to make in gun threads when people say gun deaths have gone down. It's not because of less people getting shot, it's that they survive it because of medical science.
Interesting about Nunavut and NWT - I have lived in a remote areas (not right in NWT but close to the border) and I can totally see how people don't get good enough care to survive. The medical system in remote areas sucks. But there are also many social problems in those areas...there is a lot of work that needs to be done in those areas. I knew there was an issue having lived in those type of areas (a friend's dad got shot at trying to repo a car), but didn't know it was MORE violent than the US. Pretty shocking.

Fascinating article. Thanks.