You’re More Likely to Die from Brain-Eating Parasites, Alcoholism, Obesity, Medical Errors, Risky Sexual Behavior, Killer Bees, Regular Bees

[Dakine10 5,452]

or Just About Anything OTHER THAN Terrorism

so be afraid!!!! Be very afraid!!1

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/04/statistics-you-are-not-going-to-be-killed-by-terrorists.html

If the risk of being killed by a terrorist were added to the list, the dot would be so small that it would be hard to see. Specifically, the risk of being killed by terrorism in 2008 was 14 times smaller than being killed by fireworks.

[lostinblue 1,989]

Hospital Errors are the Third Leading Cause of Death in U.S.

Washington, D.C., October 23, 2013 – New research estimates up to 440,000 Americans are dying annually from preventable hospital errors. This puts medical errors as the third leading cause of death in the United States, underscoring the need for patients to protect themselves and their families from harm, and for hospitals to make patient safety a priority.

Released today, the Fall 2013 update to The Leapfrog Group (Leapfrog) Hospital Safety Score assigns A, B, C, D and F grades to more than 2,500 U.S. general hospitals. It shows many hospitals are making headway in addressing errors, accidents, injuries and infections that kill or hurt patients, but overall progress is slow. The Hospital Safety Score is calculated under the guidance of the Leapfrog Blue Ribbon Expert Panel, with a fully transparent methodology analyzed in the peer-reviewed Journal of Patient Safety.

Leapfrog, an independent, national nonprofit organization that administers the Score, is an advocate for patient safety nationwide.

http://www.hospitalsafetyscore.org/newsroom/display/hospitalerrors-thirdleading-causeofdeathinus-improvementstooslow

[Jacque67 7,328]

Isn't it 2015?

[Dakine10 5,452]

Isn't it 2015?

Yeah. They do this article every year, I think. I just liked the graphic better on that one. They've switched to the boring style like the chart below in recent years. The most recent statistics are from 2013. This years article added falling out of bed, death by toddler, deer attacks, and killed by home appliances to the list, among other things.

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2015/07/youre-worried-about-the-wrong-things-here-are-the-real-dangers-that-could-kill-you.html

[Jacque67 7,328]

Yep. Accidents excluded everyone dies from heart problems or cancer.

At the moment I think my roomba is out to kill me so I might die sooner.

[Dakine10 5,452]

According to the chart, the risk of dying from WWII is the worst. Thankfully we've eliminated that one.