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While funny, this is not true.
"Chest radiography remains the most commonly performed radiological exam in the world with industrialized countries reporting an average 238 erect-view chest X-ray images acquired per 1000 of population annually".
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1361841521001717
Depending on the country, there's a chance of dental x-rays being even more frequent, but this varies greatly.
Edit: Sorry I didn't directly address the "1/3 of exams". Even adding abdominal, hip, and pelvic x-rays, it's still short of 10% of total. Source.
I would assume the radiographer working in the ER sees a lot more foreign-body-up-the-butt cases than the one working in a cardiologists office.
Also I've never had a specialist take my dental X-rays, it's always the hygienist or dentist
The ER chest x-rays are usually for breathing problems, not so much the heart.
Trouble breathing, cough and fever are your ER bread and butter.
Limbs and joints are #2 (accidents).
I've had chest xrays after presenting with possible heart issues that were ruled out with labs and ekg. So that tracks, i think
I figured the “1/3” number to be hyperbole. The message isn’t that they took hard data and literally mean “1 in 3,” but rather that, “Male patients with items lost up their rectum is much more common than expected.”
I have to assume that if you work in a hospital you're not doing an awful lot of dental x-rays. Dentists do those.