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What are the odds?

What are the odds? If you live in the U.S., your chances of being killed by a tsunami are the same (or less!) than being taken out by an asteroid impact. Get a dose of reality as you see just what are the odds of random events happening to you, according to various sources. The Odds of Dying in ... · Motor vehicle: 1-in-84 · Motorcyle: 1-in-938 · Bicycle: 1-in-4,472 · Air travel: 1-in-5,552 · Bus: 1-in-94,242 · Train: 1-in-139,617 The Odds of Drowning in ... · Natural water: 1-in-2,828 · Swimming pool: 1-in-6,031 · Bath tub: 1-in-9,377 The Odds of ... · Dating a millionaire: 215-to-1 · Writing NYTimes bestseller: 220-to-1 · Finding four-leaf clover on 1st try: 10,000-to-1 · Getting Rich on 'Antiques Roadshow': 60,000-to-1 · Dating a supermodel: 88,000-to-1 The Odds You'll ... · Be a Victim of ID Theft: 1-in-465 · Have an adverse reaction to a prescription drug: 1-in-3,000 · Be sued by the RIAA for illegal filesharing: 1-in-4,666 · Be wrongly declared dead by a Social Security data entry mistake: 1-in-23,483 · Die from a food-borne illness this year: 1-in-33,333 The Odds of dying in a ... · Flood: 1-in-30,000 · Tornado: 1-in-60,000 · Lightning strike: 1-in-83,930 · Earthquake: 1-in-131,890 · Asteroid impact: 1-in-200,000* · Tsunami: 1-in-500,000 The Odds of Injury Requiring Medical Treatment From: · Lyme's disease: 1-in-18,100 · Snake bite: 1-in-25,300 · West Nile: 1-in-68,500 · Shark attack: 1-in-6,000,000 The Odds of Being a Victim of ... · Assault by Firearm*: 1-in-325 · Poisoning*: 1-in-1,400 · Murder this year: 1-in-16,917 · Strangulation*: 1-in-34,424 The Odds of Believing ... · That it's better to be poor and thin, than rich and fat: 2-in-3* · You are "extremely stressed": 1-in-3 · That the best way to get rich is to win the lottery: 1-in-5 · Your tattoo was a mistake**: 1-in-7 · You saw a UFO: 1-in-7 The Odds That You... · Have fallen asleep or have felt very sleepy at work in the last month: 1-in-3 · Work at a job where you never get a paid day off: 1-in-4 · Plan to take sick days this summer to go to the beach or go shopping: 3-in-10 · Do not have health insurance: 1-in-7 · Leave home for your commute to work before 6 a.m. to beat traffic: 1-in-8 The Odds ... · Your child will be involved in a school bus accident this year: 1-in-29,180 · Your baby will be delivered by c-section this year: 1-in-3 · You cannot find Iraq on a map, if you are between age 18 to 24: 2-in-3 · You will have a car crash within the first year of driving (if you are 16 years old): 1-in-5 The Odds of Dying From ... · Heart disease: 1-in-438 · Cancer this year: 1-in-600 · Staph infection: 1-in-16,146 · Measles: 1-in-300,000,000

Public Comments

1. Of course....but being the 1 in 84 that gets killed in a motor vehicle accidents kinda f*cks up all the other odds... I wonder what the odds are in winning the lottery, dating a supermodel on the day you plan to take sick and while she's telling you about her heart disease you get hit by an asteroid?
2. assault by firearms does give me the chills.
3. the odds are about even.