Probably because they are different time frames. Your chances of dying in Afghanistan are over say a 4 year period. When someone says you have a 1% chance of dy

Probably because they are different time frames. Your chances of dying in Afghanistan are over say a 4 year period. When someone says you have a 1% chance of dying in a car accident, that's spread over a lifetime. The chance of someone dying in a car accident in that 4 year period is much lower.