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Originally Posted by Riot

Go ahead and post where you got that stat from.

Seven hundred people experiencing or at risk of homelessness are killed from hypothermia annually in the United States. Forty-four percent of the nation’s homeless are unsheltered. From the urban streets of our populated cities to the remote back-country of rural America, hypothermia - or subnormal temperature in the body - remains a leading, critical and preventable cause of injury and death among those experiencing homelessness.

http://www.nationalhomeless.org/fact.../How_Many.html

Couldn't find specific stats for Chicago but in 2003 19 people died of hypothermia in Chi-town but that included people with homes as well. Admittedly that would be an extraordinarily high number for murders in a day.

I do know approximately 1,000 people in the U.S. are struck by lightning per year so at least in America, your chances of getting struck by lightning are greater than dying of hypothermia due to being homeless or at risk of being homeless. Something to be proud of.

In early 2007, the National Alliance to End Homelessness reported a point-in-time estimate of 744,313 people experiencing homelessness in January 2005.

700 dead per year seems like a big number but knowing that represents less than one in ten thousand, especially when considering the mental state and chemical addictions of many of the homeless, makes me think we're doing a hell of a job caring for them.

And it's private charities not the government who are caring for these folks, with a fraction of the money. Because like any other business/activity the private sector performs far better than D.C. could even dream of.