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> The point is 240v at Household amps / current CAN kill you. Deaths from electrocution are low in the US at 110V, but not massively higher at 230V; some 230V

> The point is 240v at Household amps / current CAN kill you. Deaths from electrocution are low in the US at 110V, but not massively higher at 230V; some 230V countries are lower in fact: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Age-adjusted-mortality-rates-from-electrical-injuries-per-1-million-population-European_fig1_221916189 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Age-adjusted-mortality-r... (Says at bottom 0.63 for US) Apparently eastern European electrons are more deadly though ;D (... It's really all about safety culture.) Also, that male/female split in the linked graph... wow.

HarHarVeryFunny 1y ago
> Also, that male/female split in the linked graph... wow. That is pretty funny ... It's a wonder that men haven't gone extinct yet.
- eqvinox 1y ago
  At first I thought it'd be male children, but I don't think that's it - male electricians and other workers is more likely. Also, I don't have a reference, but it's stuck in my head that deaths from electrocution frequently involve falling off a ladder (or other "secondary" causes), rather than dying from cardiac arrest or other direct injury.