scary , one of many reasons i will not go on a plane
DEATH BY: YOUR ODDS
Sources: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California at Berkeley
- Cardiovascular disease: 1 in 2
- Smoking (by/before age 35): 1 in 600
- Car trip, coast-to-coast: 1 in 14,000
- Bicycle accident: 1 in 88,000
- Tornado: 1 in 450,000
- Train, coast-to-coast: 1 in 1,000,000
- Lightning: 1 in 1.9 million
- Bee sting: 1 in 5.5 million
- U.S. commercial jet airline: 1 in 7 million
SOURCES: Bureau of Safety Statistics, National Transportation Safety Board
- 100 on commercial flight
- 850 by electrical current
- 1000 on a bicycle
- 1452 by accidental gunfire
- 3000 by complications to medical procedures
- 3600 by inhaling or ingesting objects
- 5000 by fire
- 5000 by drowning
- 5300 by accidental poisoning
- 8000 as pedestrians
- 11,000 at work
- 12,000 by falls
- 22,500 at home
- 46,000 in auto accidents
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