The statistic comes from Dr. Cosio, who looked at newspaper reports and talked to emergency room doctors.<p>Unfortunately, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention don&#x27;t keep track of vending machine deaths, so we&#x27;re left with Dr. Cosio&#x27;s less than perfect methods.<p>Full paper: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;pubmed&#x2F;1602339" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;pubmed&#x2F;1602339</a>