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Jiang Zemin's Clumsy "Cleverness"

April 12, 2001

[Minghui Net] Chart 1: Comparison of Death Rates According to official Chinese figures, 2,300,000 in China practised Falun Gong (not to argue that this is obviously a much reduced figure), of whom 1,400 died in the seven-year period (disregarding for now whether these deaths are indeed Falun Gong related). This gives us an average of 200 deaths per annum -- a rate of less than 1/10,000 (0.01%), far lower than China's normal Death Rate of 0.65%.
Chart 2: Comparison of Suicide Rates
The Chinese government alleged that there were 136 "Falun Gong Suicides" in the 7 years, an average of about 20 cases per annum. Assuming these cases were all real "suicides," the suicide rate per annum would be 0.87 (per a population of 100,000). Figures provided by WHO (1989) put China's suicide rate at 17.1 per annum. Experts in the field estimate the actual rate to be higher, reaching 25, while figures from research conducted by Harvard University puts the Chinese figure at 30. The Truth, a book published in 1999 by "Southern Weekend Publisher," revealed that between 1990 and 1994, the average number of suicide deaths in rural China reached 303,047 per annum (Page 354). This was only rural and did not include urban areas. (In the graph) Using a figure of 200,000 suicide-related deaths per annum, China's suicide rate would be 16.7 (given the population being 1.2 billion) (Source: American Encyclopedia, (Taiwan) World Daily)
Chart 3: Deaths from Misuse of Medication
According to figures published by the Chinese Consumer Council, deaths caused by medication misuse in China are approximately 192,000 per annum, far more than the number of deaths caused by infectious diseases. In the US, approximately 100,000 deaths result from misuse of medication each year. With a population of 0.2 billion, the death rate due to medication misuse in the US is roughly 0.05%, which is still 5 times higher than the frantically publicised alleged Falun Gong death rate (0.01%).


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