RISK COMPARISONS FOR INVOLUNTARY RISKS
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RISK COMPARISONS FOR INVOLUNTARY RISKS
Influenza 1 in 5000
Leukemia 1 in 12,500
Struck by Automobile 1 in 20,000
Floods 1 in 455,000
Tornadoes (Midwest) 1 in 455,000
Earthquakes (California) 1 in 588,000
Nuclear Power Plant 1 in 10 million
Meteorite 1 in 100 billion
Risk
Risk of Death / Person / Year
Source: Dinman, B.D., “The Reality and Acceptance of Risk,” Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 244 (11): 1126-1128, 1980.
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