There are certain things that scare the hell out of people, often well beyond the risks they actually pose such as terrorist attacks, child abductions or plane crashes. But if you check the data you get a completely different story. Based on the U.S. data here are some interesting numbers. The most contrasting are the number of shark attacks and dog bites per year. But which are Americans more paranoid about?
29 Shark attacks (2009)
33 Americans killed in terrorist attacks (2008)
115 children abducted by strangers
288 children drown in pools (2008)
321 killed in plane crashes (2005)
14,180 murders (2008)
27,531 deaths by unintentional poisoning (2008)
34,017 fatal car crashes (2008)
36,171 deaths from season flu
4,500,000 dog bites
1 comment:
Hope those numbers don't lie. I'll stay away from dogs from now on.
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