function deathclock_odometer(nStr) {
  odometer_pre = '<img src="http://oubliable.com/deathclock/'
  odometer_post = '.png" alt="'
  odometer_post2 = '"/>'
  
      out = '';
  for (var c = 0; c < nStr.length; c++) {
      out += odometer_pre + nStr.charAt(c) + odometer_post + nStr.charAt(c) + odometer_post2;
  }
  return out;
}

function deathclock_countup(){
    if (document.getElementById('deathclock_dc') != undefined) {
	deathsperhour = 44789/(24*365);
	today = new Date();
	beginning = new Date(2009, 0, 1);
	dd = today - beginning;
	dday = Math.floor(dd/(60*60*1000*24)*1);
	dhour = Math.floor((dd%(60*60*1000*24))/(60*60*1000)*1);
	deaths = (dday * (deathsperhour*24)) + (dhour * deathsperhour);
	drounded = deaths.toFixed(0);
	document.getElementById('deathclock_dc').innerHTML=deathclock_odometer(drounded);
    }
    setTimeout("deathclock_countup()",700000);
}

document.write('<div style="border: 1px solid black; background-color: #ccc; width: 270px; padding: 1em; text-align: center;"><div id="deathclock_dc" style="padding-bottom: .6em;"></div>Americans have died since Jan. 1, 2009 because they had no health insurance.</div>')
deathclock_countup()