Dead or Alive?

What are the odds of dying?

Strandman brings you a most useful table- reproduced from source below. If you wanted to know (and clearly these are US facts) the chances of… then read carefully. Clearly check chances of radiation (as now changed for UK) and bedroom accidental deaths!

The table (Click Here) was prepared in response to frequent inquiries, especially from the media, asking questions such as,


 "What are the odds of being killed by lightning?"

or


"What are the chances of dying in a plane crash?"


The table has four columns. The first column gives the manner of injury such as motor-vehicle crash, fall, fire, etc.
The second column gives the total number of deaths nationwide due to the manner of injury in 2003 (the latest year for which data are available).


 The third column gives the odds of dying in one year due to the manner of injury.


The fourth column gives the lifetime odds of dying from the manner of injury.

 

 
 

 

 
 

(The odds given below are statistical averages over the whole U.S. population and do not necessarily reflect the chances of death for a particular person from a particular external cause. Any individual's odds of dying from various external causes are affected by the activities in which they participate, where they live and drive, what kind of work they do, and other factors.
Source: National Safety Council estimates based on data from National Center for Health Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau. Deaths are classified on the basis of the Tenth Revision of the World Health Organization's "The International Classification of Diseases" (ICD). Numbers following titles refer to External Cause of Morbidity and Mortality classifications in ICD-10. One year odds are approximated by dividing the 2003 population (290,850,005) by the number of deaths. Lifetime odds are approximated by dividing the one-year odds by the life expectancy of a person born in 2003 (77.6 years).)

CLICK HERE FOR TABLE

Hours of safe fun ahead!!!!

 

 

SM

 

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6.12.06 19:53

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