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Originally Posted by citadel
What determines the lethality of the wound, or any wound at all for that matter?
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the possibility for that wound to cause death. for example, if the toddler in question is running about and trips, the knife is far less likely to pierce the skull/sternum/ribs than a gunshot would. i don't think its possible to put numbers or percentages that would contribute to a 'lethality factor' for any sort of wound because people are hesitant to ask questions about that topic even if they are interested.
can you imagine some statistician asking a parent "so on a scale of 1-10, how lethal did you think the wound was when your child shot himself in the leg?"
dammit YKH, you beat me to it. but thats exactly what i was trying to say. +1 for brevity