What's Gonna Kill You?

WHAT ARE YOUR ODDS OF BEING KILLED? What's most likely to kill you? A terrorist attack O in 88,000 An Earthquake O in 153,597 A dog attack O in 119,998 Lightning O in 81,701 Hornets, Bees, or Wasps O in 62,950 Falling off a ladder O in 10,010 Cataclysmic storm 1 in 51,119 Exposure to electricity / radiation O in 9,412 Airplane accident @ in 6,174 Exposure to smoke/fire O in 1,235 Assault by firearm O in 300 Accidental drowning @ in 1,073 Firearms discharge @ in 5,981 Accidental poisoning O in 139 Intentional self-harm O in 115 Cancer O in 7 Stroke Car accident O in 85 O in 28 What if we visualized those numbers as a crowd of people? 1 in BY A FALLING OFF A LADDER? 10,010 1 in BY AN AIRPLANE ACCIDENT? 6,174 1 in BY A FIREARMS DISCHARGE? 5,981 1 in BY EXPOSURE TO SMOKE / FIRE? 1,235 1 in BY ACCIDENTAL DROWNING? 1,073 1 in BY AN ASSAULT WITH A FIREARM? 300 1 in BY FALLING? 184 IN 1 in BY INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM? 115 IN 1 in BY CAR ACCIDENT? *85 IN 1 in BY STROKE? 28 IN 1 in BY CANCER? 7 IN ...and the most likely cause? 1 in BY HEART DISEASE? IN Brought to you by ThirdAge. THE AGE OF CHANGE SOURCES: http://www.nsc.org/news_resources/injury_and_death_statistics/Pages/TheOddsofDyingFrom.aspx http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/13/death-by-meteorite/ http://www.ag.iastate.edu/news/agonline/244/ http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/node/3706 .---- - - - - - - - - - - - - O Z 10,010 O Z 6,174 O Z 5,981 O Z 1,235 Z 1,073 WHAT ARE YOUR ODDS OF BEING KILLED? What's most likely to kill you? A terrorist attack O in 88,000 An Earthquake O in 153,597 A dog attack O in 119,998 Lightning O in 81,701 Hornets, Bees, or Wasps O in 62,950 Falling off a ladder O in 10,010 Cataclysmic storm 1 in 51,119 Exposure to electricity / radiation O in 9,412 Airplane accident @ in 6,174 Exposure to smoke/fire O in 1,235 Assault by firearm O in 300 Accidental drowning @ in 1,073 Firearms discharge @ in 5,981 Accidental poisoning O in 139 Intentional self-harm O in 115 Cancer O in 7 Stroke Car accident O in 85 O in 28 What if we visualized those numbers as a crowd of people? 1 in BY A FALLING OFF A LADDER? 10,010 1 in BY AN AIRPLANE ACCIDENT? 6,174 1 in BY A FIREARMS DISCHARGE? 5,981 1 in BY EXPOSURE TO SMOKE / FIRE? 1,235 1 in BY ACCIDENTAL DROWNING? 1,073 1 in BY AN ASSAULT WITH A FIREARM? 300 1 in BY FALLING? 184 IN 1 in BY INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM? 115 IN 1 in BY CAR ACCIDENT? *85 IN 1 in BY STROKE? 28 IN 1 in BY CANCER? 7 IN ...and the most likely cause? 1 in BY HEART DISEASE? IN Brought to you by ThirdAge. THE AGE OF CHANGE SOURCES: http://www.nsc.org/news_resources/injury_and_death_statistics/Pages/TheOddsofDyingFrom.aspx http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/13/death-by-meteorite/ http://www.ag.iastate.edu/news/agonline/244/ http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/node/3706 .---- - - - - - - - - - - - - O Z 10,010 O Z 6,174 O Z 5,981 O Z 1,235 Z 1,073 WHAT ARE YOUR ODDS OF BEING KILLED? What's most likely to kill you? A terrorist attack O in 88,000 An Earthquake O in 153,597 A dog attack O in 119,998 Lightning O in 81,701 Hornets, Bees, or Wasps O in 62,950 Falling off a ladder O in 10,010 Cataclysmic storm 1 in 51,119 Exposure to electricity / radiation O in 9,412 Airplane accident @ in 6,174 Exposure to smoke/fire O in 1,235 Assault by firearm O in 300 Accidental drowning @ in 1,073 Firearms discharge @ in 5,981 Accidental poisoning O in 139 Intentional self-harm O in 115 Cancer O in 7 Stroke Car accident O in 85 O in 28 What if we visualized those numbers as a crowd of people? 1 in BY A FALLING OFF A LADDER? 10,010 1 in BY AN AIRPLANE ACCIDENT? 6,174 1 in BY A FIREARMS DISCHARGE? 5,981 1 in BY EXPOSURE TO SMOKE / FIRE? 1,235 1 in BY ACCIDENTAL DROWNING? 1,073 1 in BY AN ASSAULT WITH A FIREARM? 300 1 in BY FALLING? 184 IN 1 in BY INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM? 115 IN 1 in BY CAR ACCIDENT? *85 IN 1 in BY STROKE? 28 IN 1 in BY CANCER? 7 IN ...and the most likely cause? 1 in BY HEART DISEASE? IN Brought to you by ThirdAge. THE AGE OF CHANGE SOURCES: http://www.nsc.org/news_resources/injury_and_death_statistics/Pages/TheOddsofDyingFrom.aspx http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/13/death-by-meteorite/ http://www.ag.iastate.edu/news/agonline/244/ http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/node/3706 .---- - - - - - - - - - - - - O Z 10,010 O Z 6,174 O Z 5,981 O Z 1,235 Z 1,073 WHAT ARE YOUR ODDS OF BEING KILLED? What's most likely to kill you? A terrorist attack O in 88,000 An Earthquake O in 153,597 A dog attack O in 119,998 Lightning O in 81,701 Hornets, Bees, or Wasps O in 62,950 Falling off a ladder O in 10,010 Cataclysmic storm 1 in 51,119 Exposure to electricity / radiation O in 9,412 Airplane accident @ in 6,174 Exposure to smoke/fire O in 1,235 Assault by firearm O in 300 Accidental drowning @ in 1,073 Firearms discharge @ in 5,981 Accidental poisoning O in 139 Intentional self-harm O in 115 Cancer O in 7 Stroke Car accident O in 85 O in 28 What if we visualized those numbers as a crowd of people? 1 in BY A FALLING OFF A LADDER? 10,010 1 in BY AN AIRPLANE ACCIDENT? 6,174 1 in BY A FIREARMS DISCHARGE? 5,981 1 in BY EXPOSURE TO SMOKE / FIRE? 1,235 1 in BY ACCIDENTAL DROWNING? 1,073 1 in BY AN ASSAULT WITH A FIREARM? 300 1 in BY FALLING? 184 IN 1 in BY INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM? 115 IN 1 in BY CAR ACCIDENT? *85 IN 1 in BY STROKE? 28 IN 1 in BY CANCER? 7 IN ...and the most likely cause? 1 in BY HEART DISEASE? IN Brought to you by ThirdAge. THE AGE OF CHANGE SOURCES: http://www.nsc.org/news_resources/injury_and_death_statistics/Pages/TheOddsofDyingFrom.aspx http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/13/death-by-meteorite/ http://www.ag.iastate.edu/news/agonline/244/ http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/node/3706 .---- - - - - - - - - - - - - O Z 10,010 O Z 6,174 O Z 5,981 O Z 1,235 Z 1,073 WHAT ARE YOUR ODDS OF BEING KILLED? What's most likely to kill you? A terrorist attack O in 88,000 An Earthquake O in 153,597 A dog attack O in 119,998 Lightning O in 81,701 Hornets, Bees, or Wasps O in 62,950 Falling off a ladder O in 10,010 Cataclysmic storm 1 in 51,119 Exposure to electricity / radiation O in 9,412 Airplane accident @ in 6,174 Exposure to smoke/fire O in 1,235 Assault by firearm O in 300 Accidental drowning @ in 1,073 Firearms discharge @ in 5,981 Accidental poisoning O in 139 Intentional self-harm O in 115 Cancer O in 7 Stroke Car accident O in 85 O in 28 What if we visualized those numbers as a crowd of people? 1 in BY A FALLING OFF A LADDER? 10,010 1 in BY AN AIRPLANE ACCIDENT? 6,174 1 in BY A FIREARMS DISCHARGE? 5,981 1 in BY EXPOSURE TO SMOKE / FIRE? 1,235 1 in BY ACCIDENTAL DROWNING? 1,073 1 in BY AN ASSAULT WITH A FIREARM? 300 1 in BY FALLING? 184 IN 1 in BY INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM? 115 IN 1 in BY CAR ACCIDENT? *85 IN 1 in BY STROKE? 28 IN 1 in BY CANCER? 7 IN ...and the most likely cause? 1 in BY HEART DISEASE? IN Brought to you by ThirdAge. THE AGE OF CHANGE SOURCES: http://www.nsc.org/news_resources/injury_and_death_statistics/Pages/TheOddsofDyingFrom.aspx http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/13/death-by-meteorite/ http://www.ag.iastate.edu/news/agonline/244/ http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/node/3706 .---- - - - - - - - - - - - - O Z 10,010 O Z 6,174 O Z 5,981 O Z 1,235 Z 1,073