Swiped from Wired

[lauralh]

Here's a handy ranking of the various dangers confronting America, based on the number of mortalities in each category throughout the11-year period spanning 1995 through 2005 (extrapolated from best available data).

S E V E R E Driving off the road: 254,419 Falling: 146,542 Accidental poisoning: 140,327

H I G H Dying from work: 59,730 Walking down the street: 52,000. Accidentally drowning: 38,302

E L E V A T E D Killed by the flu: 19,415 Dying from a hernia: 16,742

G U A R D E D Accidental firing of a gun: 8,536 Electrocution: 5,171

L O W Being shot by law enforcement: 3,949 Terrorism: 3147 Carbon monoxide in products: 1,554

Comments

[kraex.livejournal.com]

You're not patriotic.

[herbaliser.livejournal.com]

SHHH

[asiangoddess4.livejournal.com]

I love how dying on the street or people's own stupidity is more dangerous than terrorists....

[perich.livejournal.com]

Where's "standing on the corner minding my own business" - the #1 cause of getting stabbed?

[zorbathut.livejournal.com]

Allow me to be the first to call for a War on Driving.

[pmford.livejournal.com]

seconded

[chris.livejournal.com]

how about a war on driving like a dipshit?

[discogravy.livejournal.com]

how do hernias kill? wtf?

[herbaliser.livejournal.com]

i guess they can cut off the blood supply to other organs