There really are, up to and including honest to God rocket scientists. But as NoHo said, you have to have a thick skin and wade through some jackassery. If you can do that, you'll have some fun and learn something once in a while.

And I've seen this place really come through for people in a crisis in a way that I can only call inspiring. A shitposter also can be, and usually is, a caring individual.

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Posted by NoHoTiger

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Posted on 4/11/18 at 2:09 pm to Tiger2287

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If there is a better way of trying to express each set of numbers, so be it.

There are lots of ways to express the numbers. That's why we are asking more questions to find out what you are looking for. You just gave a lot more info and still no real direction of what you are trying to do.

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Posted by madmaxvol

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Posted on 4/11/18 at 2:13 pm to slackster

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With the numbers you gave, you could more easily define the ratio of gun deaths relative to cancer deaths. 1,620/92 = 17.6. In other words, "Each day in the U.S., there are 17.6 cancer related deaths for every death related to gun violence."

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96 gun deaths, fyi.

OK...then it's (16.9 : 1).

ETA...I had it right the first time...there are 33,636 gun related deaths in the US per year...divide by 365 and you have 92.15. So, subconsciously I must have known the right number to use. So I should stand by my 17.6:1 ratio.

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Posted by K E V 8 4

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Posted on 4/11/18 at 2:22 pm to Tiger2287

This has probably already been suggested in 5 pages, but percentages are not best way to describe what you are trying to describe, i.e., numbers with vastly different magnitudes. Write something like "16 times as many cancer deaths than gun deaths"

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Posted by SPEEDY

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Posted on 4/11/18 at 2:52 pm to Tiger2287

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I hate math, its usually one ear and out the other

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Posted by LSUfan20005

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Posted on 4/11/18 at 2:54 pm to slackster

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1687.5% more people die from cancer per day than from gun deaths.

Which is exactly why % is the wrong way to look at this.

No one cares about percentages over a few hundred.

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Posted by go_tigres

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Posted on 4/11/18 at 4:43 pm to Tiger2287

did you know that 60% of statistics are made up on the spot 30% of the time.

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Posted by slackster

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Posted on 4/11/18 at 4:51 pm to madmaxvol

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ETA...I had it right the first time...there are 33,636 gun related deaths in the US per year...divide by 365 and you have 92.15. So, subconsciously I must have known the right number to use. So I should stand by my 17.6:1 ratio.