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Originally Posted by puckluck
5 murders per 1.6 million visitors is pretty good in my eyes. I'm going to Mexico in a week or so and I'll feel as safe as I am in Calgary.
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Misleading statistics that completely disregard time as a function. When you live in Calgary you probably spend on average 49 weeks here vs. 7-14 days when you visit Mexico.
Normalize the statistics for time and annualize that Mexican Statistic based on an average stay of 2 weeks to be conservative and it's more like
76.6 murders per Million Canadian visitor years
vs.
8 murders per Million people who live in Calgary based on 2011 stats
Adjusting for this indicates you're more likely to get murdered in Mexico spending equal time there. Hell even Edmonton is twice as safe based on that stat.