[privacy] Which do you fear more: Terrorism or Hernias?

[Dude VanWinkle]

On 9/11/06, Dave Dittrich <dittrich at u.washington.edu> wrote:
> I assume that is over the last five years.


"With that in mind, here's a handy ranking of the various dangers
confronting America, based on the number of mortalities in each
category throughout the 11-year period spanning 1995 through 2005
(extrapolated from best available data)."


> A notable missing
> item is deaths due to smoking, which is about twice that
> of the driving figure (440,000 deaths between 1995 and 1999
> per http://www.cdc.gov/MMWR/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5114a2.htm)


> Dude VanWinkle wrote:
> > Here is a list of how you could die, and the probability of each:
> >
> > from: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71743-0.html?tw=rss.index
> >
> > S E V E R E
> > Driving off the road: 254,419
> > Falling: 146,542
> > Accidental poisoning: 140,327
> > H I G H
> > Dying from work: 59,730
> > Walking down the street: 52,000.
> > Accidentally drowning: 38,302
> > E L E V A T E D
> > Killed by the flu: 19,415
> > Dying from a hernia: 16,742
> > G U A R D E D
> > Accidental firing of a gun: 8,536
> > Electrocution: 5,171
> > L O W
> > Being shot by law enforcement: 3,949
> > Terrorism: 3147
> > Carbon monoxide in products: 1,554
>
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