the national safety council has posted an oddly interesting list: the chances of dying via various means. it’s a huge list of various ‘means of death’, along with annual number of deaths by that cause, chances of dying by that means in a given year, and chances of dying by that means in a lifetime.
a few examples:
car occupant…
annually: 15,797 / chances in a year: 18,412 / chances in a lifetime: 237
Fall involving bed, chair, other furnitur,…
annually: 838 / chances in a year: 347,076 / chances in a lifetime: 4,473
Fireworks discharge…
annually: 11 / chances in a year: 26,440,910 / chances in a lifetime: 340,733
Contact with hornets, wasps and bees…
annually: 66 / chances in a year: 4,406,818/ chances in a lifetime: 56,789
i’m sure there’s some ministry use in here somewhere — a powerpoint game, or some “fun” stats for a series of life & death, or living passionately.
(ht to ginger at tasty faith)
I’m interested in how so many people (more so than fireworks accidents) die from falling off of furniture. What in the world were they doing??