Posted by JohnLA on March 12, 2012, at 23:50:14
In reply to Re: Lou's response-dhaweihgzofpsyn-Li » Lou Pilder, posted by Toph on March 12, 2012, at 15:19:03
<Approximately 0.1% of Americans take lithium. That's roughly 3,131,000 people. According to Lou's site 14 people on average die from lithium annually. I tried to figure a percentage but my calculator can't handle that small a percentage. It is essentially mortality rate of zero.>
toph; i used to teach math. percentages and decimals always were the hardest for the kids to understand and compute. 1% of americans is 3,131,000. .1% is 3,331.
1% as a decimal is 0.01. as a fraction it's 1/100. so, 0.1% as a decimal would be 0.001 and as a fraction it would be 1/1000.
sorry for the math lesson. i'm thinking you meant 1% of americans are on lithium?
curious if i'm right! :)
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