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The 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_l
by JoshuaDavid 6y ago
The 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 5y 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 5y 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...