1. Odds of Dying in a Terrorist Attack →

    You are 13 times more likely to die in a railway accident than from a terrorist attack

    You are 12,571 times more likely to die from cancer than from a terrorist attack

    You are six times more likely to die from hot weather than from a terrorist attack

    You are eight times more likely to die from accidental electrocution than from a terrorist attack

    You are 11,000 times more likely to die in an airplane accident than from a terrorist plot involving an airplane

    You are 87 times more likely to drown than die in a terrorist attack

    You are 404 times more likely to die in a fall than from a terrorist attack

    You are 17,600 times more likely to die from heart disease than from a terrorist attack

    You are 1048 times more likely to die from a car accident than from a terrorist attack

    You are 12 times more likely to die from accidental suffocation in bed than from a terrorist attack

    You are nine times more likely to choke to death on your own vomit than die in a terrorist attack

    You are eight times more likely to be killed by a police officer than by a terrorist

Notes

  1. whileyouweregone reblogged this from aja and added:
    “2004 National Safety Council (NSC) Estimates,...report based on data
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  5. woody reblogged this from aja and added:
    I already linked...this once, but I saw this larger quote and it still amazes me, so the...
  6. gnarfle reblogged this from alilja and added:
    I find eight frightening, as I eat American food. 0_o
  7. alilja reblogged this from hawkw and added:
    I find the third one frightening. I experience hot days a lot more frequently than I see a police officer.
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  9. rubyriewer reblogged this from aja and added:
    Not good enough!
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  11. daydreambeliever reblogged this from floodwaters and added:
    “Why of course the people don’t want war … But after all it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and...
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  13. hawkw reblogged this from aja and added:
    extremely frightening.
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