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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