How many people die on average per year from being homeless?
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People wouldn't necessarily die from being homeless - like 'freezing' to death on a cold night, but they could die of being attacked, becoming ill and not being able to get better.
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Not many for the majority of people. Most were poor, ill fed and led short lives.
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There is no definite answer to your question since the reported number varies depending on who's counting. The latest study though published by the Lancet medical journal in October 2006, suggested that about 655,000 people had died in Iraq as a result of the 2003 invasion. Quite impressive isn't it? I guess the argument for the war just went out of the window!
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no, i have interviewed many homeless people for projects and what i noticed is that many of them are war vets, elderly  and mentally ill people, that were abadoned by their own families and government. in addition, a percentage of them don't want to work, they are lazy and passive, they could care less about getting a job. In fact there was one perticular lady who would stand in front of my local grocery store and beg for money,  the manager offered her a job as a cashier, but she declined she said she would make more begging, than working. i was stunned about how much she made and how she spends her money (drugs and alcohol).
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One thing you have wrong-People die here everyday-from lack of Medicine, food, heat. I believe we need to take care of Health here-number one. And you don't hear it in the media. Work at a hospital and see-many die just because they can not afford their medicine (many just because of medicine) and no there are not programs where all are eligible. This could be prevented.\n\nAs far as other dying during war time-that is sad-and has gone on for years. There are a lot of issues here-more than most want to hear. Some just look at one cause (it seems you are looking at death rate-some look at those who want help-they count too-Holocaust people waited a long time for our help and they were few in numbers compared to others)Some look at results-some look at all the issues (there are a few). \n\nIf humans lives count to you as you indicate than please -work on the health here-people are dying everyday-everywhere. War has gone on throughout history-with very complicated issues -there will be more-continually. History.! But your complains on health can solve many deaths happening now which we have control on.
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The only time I have been homeless is between jobs, like when I first moved out of my parents home and drove 2000 miles away.  I slept in my car for a few weeks until I got a job and an apartment.  I had money for food and gas.\n\nMy brother has been homeless most of his life.  He worked for a carnival, and drank a lot.  He lived in a tent trailer.  During the off season, he would do dumpster diving for food and find things to sell at the swap meet for beer money.  He was in a mental institution for a few years in his 20's, before he hooked up with the carnival.\nHe has always been a very easy going, never bother anybody, loner, who doesn't want anything, except booze.  We are Native American ancestry, and he inherited the curse.  Now that he is on SSI for emphysema, he lives in a camper behind the house of the carnival owner.\n\nI believe many people just take whatever comes their way, and exercise 0 control over their life because they are addicted to drugs or alcohol.
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Every day 400000 babies are born, 150000 people die for a net increase of 250000 human beings a day. So it is approximately 3 to 1 as you guessed.\n\nCurrently the worldpopulation increases with 90 million a year, or about 1.4%. We are crowding 6500 million people on the planet.
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No. People should never die from poverty and that is what most charities are about - raising money to give to people who can't afford to look after their families or even just themselves.
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In the 1991 war, 382 died and 467 were wounded in some fashion.\n\nIn the 2003 war and the following occupation, 2,325 died and 17,467 were wounded in some fashion.\n\n\nThat's not bad at all.
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No.  Most of the homeless people where I live have a serious drug or alcohol problem.  I refuse to give someone money or help them get a job after I've seen them shoot up on the stairs of my building.  Many of them have tried to bully me out of money while I was AT WORK by claiming I was obviously rich since I had a job ($5/hr).  But I have no problem placing my leftover takeout meals on the sidewalk where they can find them (takes about 30 seconds since I'm in NYC) along with old clothing/shoes/blankets that I come across.  I've had people come up to me at my job 5 or 6 times in one day begging for money because I once gave them a quarter 2 years ago.  I will not establish a relationship with a dependent person in my own neighborhood.  They will never be satisfied and they will always ask for more.
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I would build a homeless shelter here in my city who has a city council that ignores the problem, even in the winter. I live in Canada where winters get to -40. These people die in the cold as they have nowhere else to go!
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Well the homeless tend to gravitate to large cities where they can blend in unnoticed, possibly find assistance or panhandle.  There are probably no more in cold weather cities than anywhere else, it's just that cold weather brings them out looking for shelter.
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It varies per year. \n\nThe figure for 2004 was 15,798.
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You are so narrow minded I am surprised the tiny brain that you have has got enough room to move around in that tiny head of yours.\n\nNot all homeless are there by choice. Not all homeless are idle or lazy. Not all homeless are drug takers alcoholics or mentally ill.\n\nI was homeless for 12 months whilst I was waiting for rented accommodation which I now have. The local authority have a long list of those waiting for a home, but housing shortages sometimes leads to a person becoming homeless.\n\nWhilst homeless I knew of several people who held down steady jobs earning their living, paying their taxes, contributing to society!\n\nUntil you have experienced it or even researched it don't get knocking the homeless because you might find that being homeless wasn't their choice in the majority of cases.\n\nThe reason for my homelessness was that the ex girlfriend I was with was being very unfaithful as I caught her with another man 3 days before we were due to get married.\n\nI made a success of my life setting up my own travel information business and am now a successful travel writer, does that appear to you as laziness? Bone Idle. Get off of your butt and do some research into a problem before you knock it mate! You could be the next homeless person. You can never tell what waits for you in the life pathway.\n\nQ. Were you being bone idle to use spell check as some of your spelling is slightly under par!
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weel, lets say that one will eat about a pound and a halv a day. a year is 365 days an lets say that the average life time is 70 years, you do the math.\nif, you dont want to i can tell yo that its about 7 trucks of grosseries.
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You won't be able to stop homelessness. More and more people are losing their jobs, the cost of living is getting more expensive. If you know any homeless people, you can get them to shelters for those people. Send then to a YMCA. I knew a homeless person once and an organization helped him to apply for Social Security disability. He won and got some backpay and he bought himself a small travel trailer. Had all he needed for a cheap price and his small check pays for the spot at the trailer park.
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the goverment does, however, a lot of people refuse the help that could fix there situation. For example, there are mental disorders that may lead to someone not being able to find work. There are medicines for these conditions, but the person does not take them, do to unpleasent side effects. It's really hard to stay homeless in America, with all the programs and low income housing, but there is a lot of help for those that "fall through the cracks".