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People are afraid of flying and terrorism and bird flu when in reality the dangerous part of the trip is the car ride to the airport.

And the most dangerous place of all is your dinner table!

Here are some statistics of risk factors. These are for "the average American," but I assume they'd be similar for citizens of other countries (except for the gunshot wound, of course—because of the insane number of privately-owned firearms in the USA).

Basically what they show is that if you're afraid of dying from a terrorist attack, you should give up flying, swimming, boating, walking on city streets, working, skiing, being in snowy or stormy places, and most especially driving or riding in cars, because those activities are riskier—in the case of car travel far riskier—than being anywhere near terrorists or flocks of chickens.

And enjoying an unhealthy modern lifestyle, with little physical activity and meals rich in unhealthy salt, sugar, carbs and fats, is far far more risky than anything else!

Your chance of dying from these causes is...

Heart disease

1 in 300

Cancer

1 in 509

Gunshot wound

1 in 9450

Car accident

1 in 18,800

HIV/AIDS

1 in 19,400

A fall

1 in 20,700

Skin cancer

1 in 37,900

Pedestrian accident

1 in 45,200

Injury at work

1 in 47,600

Motorcycle accident

1 in 118,000

Influenza

1 in 159,000

Drowning

1 in 225,000

Bicycle accident

1 in 341,000

Boating accident

1 in 402,000

Smallpox vaccination

1 in 750,000

Lightning

1 in 4,260,000

Bus accident

1 in 4,400,000

Train accident

1 in 5,050,000

Earthquake

1 in 5,930,000

Skiing or snowboarding

1 in 6,330,000

Avalanche

1 in 8,140,000

Airline accident

1 in 8,450,000

Terrorist attack

1 in 9,270,000

Dog attack

1 in 10,900,000

Flood

1 in 18,200,000

Amusement park ride

1 in 70,000,000

Malaria

1 in 93,800,000

Shark attack*

1 in 94,900,000

*"Jaws" to the contrary notwithstanding...

 

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