Monday, November 27, 2006

Various odds to how you will die in life:

Heart disease
1 in 5

Cancer
1 in 7

Stroke
1 in 24

Motor vehicle accident
1 in 84

Suicide
1 in 119

Falling
1 in 218

Firearm assault
1 in 314

Pedestrian accident
1 in 626

Drowning
1 in 1,008

Motorcycle accident
1 in 1020

Fire or smoke
1 in 1,113

Accidental electrocution
1 in 9,968

Hot weather
1 in 13,729

Hornet, wasp, or bee sting
1 in 56,789

Execution
1 in 62,468

Lightning
1 in 79,746

Earthquake
1 in 117,127

Flood
1 in 144,156

Fireworks discharge
1 in 340,733


See the full list here.

1 Comments:

At 11/27/2006 1:09 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I am wondering if these stats are for Canadians as well? I can't see a Calgarian's odds of being popped by a firearm is 1/314. Or drowning for that matter everything is frozen at the moment.

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