Killer Facts and Odds of Dying

KILLER FACTSC ODDS OF DYINGO You are more likely to fall to your death than be killed by a tsunami or any natural disaster More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider More people are killed each year by coconuts than sharks Approximately 150 people are killed each year by falling coconuts Odds of dying from an earthquake: 1 in 148,756 Odds of dying in a bathtub are 1 in 1 million The chances of you dying on the way to get your lottery tickets is greater than your chances of winning LOTTO You are more likely to be killed by a vending machine accident than a shark attack CRAZY FACTS ABOUT DEATH The animal responsible for the most human deaths worldwide is. the mosquito 1,000,000 deaths/year Life Expectancy 100 90 80 70 United States World 50 40 30 20 1900 2014 100 years ago, the average life expectancy in the US was It is estimated that 1,000,000,000 Today only 1 in 2,000,000,000 people will live to be 47 people have died since humans began to exist 116 or older 0000000000000 The increased inconvenience of going through airport security increases automobile deaths due to people deciding to drive instead of fly by 500 per year over 2,500 left handed people are killed each On average, right handed people live 9 times longer than left handed people year from using products made for right handed people On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year. 1 pound of body weight will yield roughly 1 cubic inch of ashes TOP 2 BIGGEST KILLERS HEART DISEASE CANCER Approximately 574,743 Approximately 597,689 deaths per year deaths per year Odds from dying from Odds from dying from cancer are 1 in 7 heart disease are 1 in 6 World Wide Preventable Causes of Death United States Preventable Causes of Death #1- Hypertension (high blood pressure) causes about 7.8 million deaths per year #1- Preventable errors in hospitals cause about 448,000 deaths in the US per year #2- Smoking causes about 5.0 million deaths per year # 2- Smoking causes about 435,000 deaths in the US per year # 3- Malnutrition causes about 3.8 million deaths per year # 3- Obesity and being overweight causes about 112,000 deaths in the US per # 4- Sexually Transmitted Diseases causes about 3.0 million deaths per year year # 4- Alcohol causes about 85,000 deaths in the US per year #5- Overweight and Obesity causes about 2.5 million #5- Infectious diseases cause deaths per year about 75,000 deaths in the US per year Sources: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2102rank.html http://demog.berkeley.edu/-andrew/1918/figure2.html http://www.healthaliciousness.com/blog/The-Most-Preventable-Causes%20of%20Death-in-the-United-States.php Mokdad AH, Marks JS, Stroup DF, Gerberding JL (March 2004). "Actual causes of death in the United States, 2000". JAMA 291 (10): 1238-45. doi:10.1001/jama.291.10.1238. "A New, Evidence-based Estimate of Patient Harms Associated with Hospital Care". Journal of Patient Safety. Retrieved 2014-02-21 Flegal, K.M., B.I. Graubard, D.F. Williamson, and M.H. Gail. (2005). "Obesity". Journal of the American Medical Association 293 (15): 1861-1867. doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1861. Brought to you by: SELECTQUOTE LIFE