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COMPARATIVE RISKS
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DAYS OFF YOUR LIFE FROM VARIOUS ACTIVITIES
Eating meat regularly 2,555 daysSmoking a packet of cigarettes daily (men) 2,250 daysSmoking a packet a day (women) 800 daysBeing 30 percent overweight 1,300 daysDriving a motor vehicle 207 daysAlcohol 130 daysAccidents in the home 95 daysBeing murdered 90 daysBreathing polluted air 77 daysWalking down the street 37 daysMisusing legal drugs 90 daysUsing illegal drugs 18 daysCoffee 6 daysRiding a bicycle 5 days
Sources: National Safety Council, National Center for Health Statistics, FBI, Statistical Abstract of the U.S., "Catalog of Risks by B. Cohen and I.S. Lee, "Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention" by D. Schottenfeld and J.F. Fraumeni Jr.
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FATALITIES PER MILLION HOURS
Skydiving 128.71General aviation 15.58On-road motorcycling 8.80Scuba diving 1.98Living (all causes of death) 1.53Swimming 1.07Snowmobiling 0.88Passenger cars 0.47Water skiing 0.28Bicycling 0.26Flying (domestic airlines) 0.15Hunting 0.08Cosmic radiation from transcontinental flights 0.035Home living (active) 0.027Travelling in a school bus 0.022Compiled by Failure Analysis Associates, Inc. (Design News, 10/4/93)
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ANNUAL US FATALITIES
Motor vehicle deaths 43,200Falls 14,900Poisoning 8,600Drowning 4,000Fires, Burns 3,700Suffocation by ingested object 3,300Firearms 1,500
Source: National Safety Council, 1997
WORLDWIDE ANNUAL FATALITIES
Getting hit on the head with a coconut 150Shark attack 10
Source: George Burgess, director of International Shark Attack File, 9/02 Rodale's Scuba Diving Magazine
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ANNUAL US FATALITIES
Boating 1,063Scuba diving 105 (1-2 cases of "Decompression Illness" [The Bends] per 10,000 dives) (7/02 Scuba Magazine)
Snowmobiling 60Water skiing 47Snow skiing 41Skydiving 31Snorkelling 20Hang gliding 13Football 6Basketball 4Boxing 2
From Skydiving Magazine, 4/96
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ACTIVITY
RISK
HIGH
LOW
RUSSIAN ROULETTE
SLEEPING
SKYDIVING
COMMERCIAL FLIGHT
DRIVING
BALLOONING
GLIDING
MICROLIGHTING
HANG GLIDING
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