Alberta's six taser associated deaths

Alberta has had six taser associated deaths.

Ronald Perry, 28 – Edmonton, AB - March 23, 2004 - X26 - "Official" cause of death: Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy due to cardiorespiratory arrest due to excited delirium with Marijuana as a contributory factor
 
Alesandro Fiacco, 33 – Edmonton, AB - December 24, 2005 - tasered 3 times - "Official" cause of death: "acute cocaine toxicity," and "a complete lack of evidence" the Taser contributed to his death (Medical Examiner Dr. Graham Dowling)
 
Jason Doan, 28 – Red Deer, AB - August 30, 2006 - RCMP - tasered 3 times in 38 seconds - "Official" cause of death: undeterminable
 
Trevor Grimolfson, 38 - Edmonton, AB - October 29, 2008, X26 - tasered 3 times - "Official" cause of death: excited delirium brought on by drugs
 
Gordon Walker Bowe, 30, Calgary, AB - November 2, 2008 - tasered 1 time - "Official" cause of death: excited delirium due to cocaine
 
Grant William Prentice, 40 - Brooks, AB - May 6, 2009 - RCMP - tasered 2 times - "Official" cause of death: acute cocaine toxicity and "the medical examiner also concluded the taser did not play a role in the death"

When Amnesty Intetnational made an extreme effort to track down 150 autopsy reports of persons that had died after being tasered, they reportedly found that the taser was mentioned as a cause or contributing factor in 50 of those deaths.

This result is typically reported as "50", but since I see no reason why it could not be extrapolated to all 498+ taser associated deaths, I believe it should be summarized as about "one third".

Of the six taser associated deaths in Alberta, reportedly not one (0%) mention the taser as a cause or contributing factor. Not one.

Strange.

Six isn't quite a big enough number to draw any firm conclusions.

But it is an indicator.

It's a little red light on the dashboard of common sense, saying "Check Assumptions".