>32,000 deaths a year from driving in US. 500,000 deaths a year from cancer in US. My personal favorite: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_sui

>32,000 deaths a year from driving in US. 500,000 deaths a year from cancer in US. My personal favorite: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_ra... Suicides at 11.1 per 100,000 per year, or about 33000 per year. You're roughly as likely to kill yourself as to die in an auto accident.