Deaths by Accidents

Odds of Death Due to Injury, United States, 2002. Selected highlights: Type of Accident: [ Deaths in 2002 / Lifetime odds ] Accidental drowning and submersion: [ 3,447 / 1,081 ] Accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed: [ 509 / 7,318 ] Assault: [ 17,638 / 211 ] Bitten or struck by dog: [ 18 / 206,944 ] Car occupant: [ 16,337 / 228 ] Cataclysmic storm: [ 63 / 59,127 ] Complications of medical and surgical care: [ 2,843 / 1,310 ] Contact with hot tap-water: [ 40 / 93,125 ] Earthquake and other earth movements: [ 31 / 120,161 ] Exposure to animate mechanical forces: [ 144 / 25,868 ] Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces: [ 2,727 / 1,366 ] Fall on same level from slipping, tripping, and stumbling: [ 646 / 5,766 ] Flood: [ 9 / 413,887 ] Legal execution: [ 67 / 55,597 ] Motorcycle rider: [ 3,215 / 1,159 ] Narcotics and hallucinogens: [ 8,264 / 451 ] Occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle: [ 21 / 177,380 ] Pedalcyclist: [ 767 / 4,857 ] Poisoning: [ 3,336 / 1,117 ] Who knew that it was safer to travel in a three wheeled vehicle than to use hot tap water or that it is more likely you will be executed than die in a flood. Anyone spot any other interesting comparisons?