gumchew
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What I meant was a former clot was not noted in the legs or the remainder of a clot was not noted in the legs. (Unless I missed it)
From here: BBM What is Venous Thromboembolism? | CDC
The most serious complication of DVT happens when a part of the clot breaks off and travels through the bloodstream to the lungs, causing a blockage called pulmonary embolism (PE).
The likelihood to me seems slim given all the other possibilities that his PE was natural occurring and not from a poison or toxin.
A 20-year review of data from 1979–1998 found that the age-adjusted death rate for PE was 94 per 1,000,000 individuals
From those people-
In fact, community-based epidemiological studies suggest that roughly one in five individuals die almost immediately
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His risk was greater because of travel- from the link:
Travel
Any sort of travel has the potential to increase the risk of DVT/PE. Prolonged air, car, and rail trips where the traveler is immobile for long periods of time appear to bring about the greatest risk. In fact, travel by air, car, train, or bus for four or more hours increases the risk about twofold for several weeks after the trip 76. The risk is even greater for travelers with other risk factors.
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I don’t profess to be good with numbers but let’s try the math.
94 in 1,000,000 = .0094%
his risk doubled because of travel - does that make his risk of death from PE .0282%?
Of those 1 in 5 die immediately
That to me seems a very, very, small likelihood.
You seem to be comparing the likelihood of death by PE to all other causes of death. That doesn't help us here. Let's instead compare it to what you believe is far more likely: death by murder (generally) and murder by poisoning (more specifically):
There were 5 murders per 100,000 people in 2018 in the United States. (FBI link: Murder).
5 in 100,000 = .005%
(50 in 1,000,000)
Want to hazard a guess at what percentage of murders are committed by poison? According to the Washington Post (i can't get the link due to a paywall) it's 1/2 of 1%. If anyone finds otherwise, I'll revise my numbers. But indulge me for now.
5 * .005 = 0.025 in 100,000 = .00000025%
(1 in 4,000,000)
I'm going to make an educated guess that the percentage of murders by poison that resulted in PE is even smaller than that, but I'm good with 1 in 4M.
Now that seems like a very, very small likelihood. (1 in 4M vs 376 in 4M)
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