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Odds of dying from fireworks: 1 in 652,046 Odds of dying from lightning strike: 1 in 134,906 Odds of being legally executed: 1 in 111,179 Odds of dying from

by ry0ohki 14y ago

Odds of dying from fireworks: 1 in 652,046 Odds of dying from lightning strike: 1 in 134,906 Odds of being legally executed: 1 in 111,179 Odds of dying from contact with bees/wasps: 1 in 79,842 Odds of being shot: 1 in 6,609 Odds of dying from a fall 1 in 163 Odds of dying in a terrorist attack: 1 in 3,500,000 Maybe we should switch the TSA to bee patrol. (Source: http://www.nsc.org/NSC%20Picture%20Library/News/web_graphics/Injury_Facts_37.pdf http://www.nsc.org/NSC%20Picture%20Library/News/web_graphics...)

jQueryIsAwesome 14y ago
Odds of developing cancer: 1 in 3 Lets convert it to a cancer awareness foundation; where they touch you for actually important reasons. Source: http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerbasics/lifetime-probability-of-developing-or-dying-from-cancer http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerbasics/lifetime-probabili...
- natrius 14y ago
  Don't give them any ideas. They might just add testicular cancer screenings to the current procedure.
  - smsm42 14y ago
    That would require almost no changes, so I'd say win-win.
swohns 14y ago
The numbers themselves aren't the real takeaway, it's how preventable these deaths are.
- lostlogin 14y ago
  Exactly, and one can conclude that the dollars spent versus lives saved makes the waste seem even greater. Converting the TSA to bee control as mentioned above would lively save more lives (to take an extreme example).
  - flyinRyan 14y ago
    Especially when you consider that TSA is yet to catch a single terrorist in their entire history.
qq66 14y ago
Not all of these are comparable, since some of them are at least partially avoidable. For example, I'm sure the odds of dying from fireworks are much higher than the number listed if you use fireworks, and much less if you don't. And the chances of being legally executed are much higher if you murder someone than if you don't.
akgerber 14y ago
Odds of dying in a car accident: 1 in 6700. Maybe the TSA should enforce traffic laws or build commuter rail lines.
- flyinRyan 14y ago
  No! Keep the TSA away from everything. Just get rid of the TSA and less people will drive, exposing themselves to this higher risk.
smsm42 14y ago
Execution is out of place here since you have very high control over if you will be executed or not. If you aren't murdering anyone or participate in activities that can end up this way (such as violent crime), odds of your being executed is much lower - it's not zero, since you can still be falsely accused, but much lower than just execution statistics. Also, odds of dying from bees, etc. probably depend a lot on if specific person is allergic to the particular toxin or not, which is not random for this person.

by ry0ohki 14y ago

jQueryIsAwesome 14y ago

Odds of developing cancer: 1 in 3 Lets convert it to a cancer awareness foundation; where they touch you for actually important reasons. Source: http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerbasics/lifetime-probability-of-developing-or-dying-from-cancer http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerbasics/lifetime-probabili...

natrius 14y ago
Don't give them any ideas. They might just add testicular cancer screenings to the current procedure.
- smsm42 14y ago
  That would require almost no changes, so I'd say win-win.

swohns 14y ago

The numbers themselves aren't the real takeaway, it's how preventable these deaths are.

lostlogin 14y ago
Exactly, and one can conclude that the dollars spent versus lives saved makes the waste seem even greater. Converting the TSA to bee control as mentioned above would lively save more lives (to take an extreme example).
- flyinRyan 14y ago
  Especially when you consider that TSA is yet to catch a single terrorist in their entire history.

qq66 14y ago

Not all of these are comparable, since some of them are at least partially avoidable. For example, I'm sure the odds of dying from fireworks are much higher than the number listed if you use fireworks, and much less if you don't. And the chances of being legally executed are much higher if you murder someone than if you don't.

akgerber 14y ago

Odds of dying in a car accident: 1 in 6700. Maybe the TSA should enforce traffic laws or build commuter rail lines.

flyinRyan 14y ago
No! Keep the TSA away from everything. Just get rid of the TSA and less people will drive, exposing themselves to this higher risk.

smsm42 14y ago

Execution is out of place here since you have very high control over if you will be executed or not. If you aren't murdering anyone or participate in activities that can end up this way (such as violent crime), odds of your being executed is much lower - it's not zero, since you can still be falsely accused, but much lower than just execution statistics. Also, odds of dying from bees, etc. probably depend a lot on if specific person is allergic to the particular toxin or not, which is not random for this person.