Saturday, April 29, 2006

What are the odds...

Of dying from the following, over the course of the average lifetime:

Falls: 1 in 229
Auto: 1 in 228
Drowning: 1 in 1,081
Obstruction of the respiratory tract: 1 in 1,267
Accidental poisoning: 1 in 212
Firearms: 1 in 315
Fire: 1 in 1,471
Knifing: 1 in 1,796
Airplane: 1 in 5,704
Dog bite: 1 in 206,944
Lightning strike: 1 in 56,439

And now that the Hillary RodHam's have been notified that falls kill more folks than firearms, be on the lookout for Anti-Fall legislation banning ladders or stepstools over 6" in height.

Betcha.

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