RISK IS UNAVOIDABLE IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES

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RISK IS UNAVOIDABLE IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES

Annual Risk of Death in the US.

Hazard

All Causes 9,000.0

Motor Vehicle Accidents 210.0

Work Accidents 150.0

Homicides 93.0

Falls 74.0

Drownings 37.0

Fires 30.0

Poisonings 17.0

Civil Aviation 0.8

Boating 0.6

Tornadoes 0.4

Bites and Stings 0.2

Risk per Million Persons

Source: Wilson, R. and Crouch, E., Risk/Benefit Analysis. Cambridge: Baltimore, 1982

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