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Fear and Death

in America

3 observations

1. Last year in America:             80,000      killed by alcohol

  47,055      killed by drugs

  30,208      killed by falls

                    4,609      killed on the job

  91      mauled by an animal (not      a dog)

                                  25     killed by lightening

                                     8    killed by terrorists

                                   

2. Odds of death by:

    drowning in the bathtub          1 in 800,000

    falling out of bed                     1 in 2 million

    being hit by lightening             1 in 5.5 million

    being killed by a terrorist         1 in 9.3 million

3. Americans are more likely to be killed by a police officer, a toddler or their own vomit than be killed by a terrorist.