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CHANCES THAT AN EVENT
WILL HAPPEN TO YOU1
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EVENT |
CHANCE IT WILL
HAPPEN TO YOU |
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Killed in an airplane
crash |
1 in 40,000,000 |
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Dying from a vaccination |
1 in 25,000,000 |
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Killed during an earthquake or
volcanic eruption |
1 in 11,000,000 |
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Killed by a power mower |
1 in 10,400,000 |
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Killed playing scholastic football |
1 in 2,200,000 |
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Killed by falling out of bed |
1 in 2,000,000 |
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Killed by a home appliance |
1 in 1,250,000 |
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Injured by falling in the shower |
1 in 1,000,000 |
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Getting struck by lightning |
1 in 750,000 |
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Getting poisoned in a fast-food restaurant |
1 in 440,000 |
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Electrocuted by turning on a lamp |
1 in 350,000 |
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Dying from long-term obesity or smoking |
1 in 200,000 |
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Drowning |
1 in 50,000 |
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Killed by a meteorite or comet |
1 in 20,000 |
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Dying during childbirth in the United States |
1 in 12,000 |
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Being murdered in the United States |
1 in 11,000 |
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Dying as a result of a motor vehicle accident |
1 in 5,800 |
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Getting injured while resting in bed |
1 in 400 |
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Getting divorced |
1 in 96 |
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Dying from a dog bite |
1 in 12 |
1 Source:
Harvey Blatt, 1997, Our Geologic Environment, Prentice Hall, p. 35.
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