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Hey thanks for this. I have the sources next to each. Just click the link in the bottom left corner. Let me know if you don't think they're accurate after havin
by jonplackett 6y ago
Hey thanks for this. I have the sources next to each. Just click the link in the bottom left corner. Let me know if you don't think they're accurate after having a look.
I took the driving risk as being 250 miles of driving with an average 50mph speed (The risk of dying must be higher at high speed so wanted to take a high average to be fair).
- JoshuaDavid 6y agoThe source on the "10x less risky than going down a flight of stairs" is https://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2011/10/28/Factfile_deaths_large.png https://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2.... That shows that in the UK in 2010, 655 people died from falling down stairs. That translates to a 1 in 100,000 annualized risk from falling down stairs -- the relevant comparison is "10x less risky than using stairs a typical amount for an entire year". Interestingly, running the numbers for the UK shows that the annualized per-capita risk of dying on stairs in the UK is more than twice as high as it is in the US.
- jonplackett 6y agoThanks. I'm going to take that one out. Makes it simpler not to do annual risk. Risk difference UK/US is odd! We thought you guys had it bad with gun crime, and didn't think about the stairs....
- andy_ppp 6y agoTo be fair also probably all of these get more likely as age increases. I bet very few 30 year olds dies of falling down the stairs...