Wednesday, November 09, 2005

What Are The Odds?

According to the Insurance Information Institute, the average joe has the following odds of dying from the particular listed event.

Car crash: one in 82
Motorcycle crash: one in 1,159
Falling from stairs or steps: one in 2,331
Airplane accident: one in 5,704
Hit by lightning: one in 56,439
Earthquake: one in 120,161
Dog bite: one in 206,944


I'm liking my odds on the dog bite.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I can't believe the car crash one!! The odds are only slightly less that I'll die in gastric bypass surgery!