Just came across the following risks from a statistics course at Brunel:
Approximate estimates of the annual death rates for a number of typical
activities
a.. Mountain Climbing, 5hrs/week 1 in 200
a.. Smoking 10 cigarettes a day 1 in 200
a.. Car Accident to young male 1 in 300
a.. All Cancers 1 in 350
a.. Illegal Drugs, participants 1 in 5000
a.. Work in Dangerous Industry, coal mining, forestry 1 in 8000
a.. Accident in the home 1 in 10 000
a.. Cancer from natural radon 1 in 20 000
a.. Death from Skin Cancer 1 in 30 000
a.. Accident at work, safe industry 1 in 40 000
a.. Deaths on Railways 1 in 200 000
a.. Meningitis 1 in 250 000
a.. Deaths related to the supply of gas 1 in 2 000 000
a.. Scheduled Air Transport 1 in 5 000 000
a.. Lightening 1 in 10 000 000
a.. Killed by Dangerous Dog 1 in 20 000 000
a.. Radiation from Nuclear Power 1 in 50 000 000
a.. Killed by a meteorite 1 in 300 000 000