The Game of Life and How it Ends!
Let’s see if the odds are in your favor.
Lifetime odds of death by cause:
Most Americans won’t die of any of the below causes.
But about 56 million will die of… Heart disease and cancer: 1 in 7 Chronic lower respiratory: 1 in 29
And motor vehicle incidents (1 in 112) will claim about as many as intentional self harm (1 in 103)
While around 4.7 million present day Americans will due of Unintentional poisoning by and exposure to noxious substances (1 in 119) And falls (1 in 152)
Assault by firearm will claim about a 890,000 (1 in 356). Much more than accidental firearm discharges, which clocks in at 48,000 (1 in 6,509).
There’s a chance you’ll be on the street. Motor vehicle incidents: 1 in 112 Car occupant: 1 in 492 Pedestrian: 1 in 723 Motorcycle rider: 1 in 922
Though your safest bets are bikes, planes and spacecraft: Pedalcyclist: 1 in 4,974 Air and space travel incidents: 1 in 8,321
Around 609,000 people can expect to die in one of these unsavory ways: Unintentional drowning and submersion: 1 in 1,043 Exposure to fire, flames, or smoke: 1 in 1,418 Choking from inhalation and ingestion of food: 1 in 3,649
At least mother nature won’t kill many: Exposure to excessive natural heat: 1 in 8,321 Exposure to electric current, radiation, temperature and pressure: 1 in 12,174 Contact with sharp objects: 1 in 37,566 Contact with heat and hot substances: 1 in 62,608 Contact with hornets, wasps and bees: 1 in 75,852 Cataclysmic storm: 1 in 83,922
And your much likelier to be killed by a dog than a venomous snake: Bitten or struck by dog: 1 in 103,798 Venomous snake: 1 in 1,224,099[4]
Similar numbers of people will be legally executed as well be killed by lightning: Legal execution: 1 in 96,203 Lightning: 1 in 136,011
Or you could die in a terrorist attack (1 in 256,410)[3] A number comparable to your chances of being crushed to death by your own television(1 in 253,205)
Though the chances of just furniture (1 in 1,346,153) or appliances crushing you (1 in 2,025,641) are much more slim.
But it really all depends on your age
Top ten causes of death by age:
<1: Congenital anomalies, short gestation, SIDS, Maternal pregnancy complication, placenta cord membrane, unintentional injury, respiratory distress, bacterial sepsis, neonatal hemorrhage, circulatory system disease 1-4: Unintentional injury, congenital anomalies, malignant noplasms, homicide, heart disease, influenza/pneumonia, septicema, perinatal period, chronic low respiratory disease, benign neoplasms 5-9: Unintentional injury, malignant neoplasms, congenital anomalies, homicide, heart disease, influenza/pneumonia, septicemia, benign neoplasms, chronic low respiratory disease, cerebro-vascular 10-14: Unintentional injury, malignant neoplasms, suicide, congenital anomalies, homicide, heart disease, chronic low respiratory disease, influenza/pneumonia, benign neoplasms, cerebro-vascular 15-24: Unintentional injury, homicide, suicide, malignant neoplasms, heart disease, congenital anomalies, influenza/pneumonia, cerebro-vascular, chronic low respiratory disease, HIV 25-34: Unintentional injury, suicide, homicide, malignant neoplasms, heart disease, HIV, diabetes melitus, cerebro-vascular, congenital anomalies, influenza/pneumonia 35-44: Unintentional injury, malignant neoplasms, heart disease, suicide, HIV, Homicide, liver disease, cerebro-vascular, diabetes melitits, influenza/pneumonia 45-54: Malignant neoplasms, heart disease, unintentional injury, liver disease, suicide, cerebro-vasclar, diabetes melititus, HIV, chronic low respiratory, viral hepatitis 55-64: Malignant neoplasms, heart disease, chronic low respiratory disease, diabetes melititus, cerebro-vascular, unintentional injury, liver disease, suicide, nephritis, septicemia 65+: Heart disease, malignant neoplasms, cerebro-vascular, chronic low respiratory disease, alzheimer’s disease, influenza/pneumonia, diabetes melititus, nephritis, unintentional injury, septicemia.
<1: 19,229 1-4: 3,645 5-9: 2,358 10-14: 3,128 15-24: 28,677 25-34: 32,740 35-44: 69,448 45-54: 139,380 55-64: 220,404 65+: 1,471,011
Total: 1,990,020 per year (From 2003) That’s 1 in 145 whose time is up, every year.
http://www.nsc.org/news_resources/injury_and_death_statistics/Documents/2014-Injury-Facts-43.pdf
http://www.cdc.gov/injury/publications/factbook/injurybook2006.pdf
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/04/16/eight-facts-about-terrorism-in-the-united-states/
http://ufwildlife.ifas.ufl.edu/venomous_snake_faqs.shtml
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