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Since Europe's household current is 220 V and ours is 110 Is there a higher percentage of deaths by electrocution in Europe?
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The higher voltage does have a bearing on the amount of current produced. When the body becomes the resistance in the circuit, the following list is the tolerances that the body can stand.
Less than 1/2 milliamp no sensation
1/2 to 2 milliamps threshold of perception
2 to 10 milliamps muscular contraction
5 to 25 milliamps painful shock (may not be able to let go)
Over 25 milliamps could be violent muscular contraction
50 to 100 milliamps ventricular fibrillation
over 100 paralysis of breathing.
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