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Tony Raven

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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

b.. Smoking 10 cigarettes a day 1 in 200

c.. Car Accident to young male 1 in 300

d.. All Cancers 1 in 350

e.. Illegal Drugs, participants 1 in 5000

f.. Work in Dangerous Industry, coal mining, forestry 1 in
8000

g.. Accident in the home 1 in 10 000

h.. Cancer from natural radon 1 in 20 000

i.. Death from Skin Cancer 1 in 30 000

j.. Accident at work, safe industry 1 in 40 000

k.. Deaths on Railways 1 in 200 000

l.. Meningitis 1 in 250 000

m.. Deaths related to the supply of gas 1 in 2 000 000

n.. Scheduled Air Transport 1 in 5 000 000

o.. Lightening 1 in 10 000 000

p.. Killed by Dangerous Dog 1 in 20 000 000

q.. Radiation from Nuclear Power 1 in 50 000 000

r.. Killed by a meteorite 1 in 300 000 000
 
Tony Raven wrote:

> a.. Lightening 1 in 10 000 000

Wow. I knew panstick could block up pores. But I never knew
it could *kill*.
 
Simonb wrote:
> Tony Raven wrote:
>
>> a.. Lightening 1 in 10 000 000
>
> Wow. I knew panstick could block up pores. But I never
> knew it could *kill*.

Of course it can...didn't you see Goldfinger? <g>

Pete.