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Re: [privacy] Which do you fear more: Terrorism or Hernias?


From: "StyleWar" <stylewar () cox net>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:36:14 -0500

...umm...that's not the probability - it's the mortality count. But yes, I
think I fear hernias and carbon monoxide poisoning more than terrorists
now...

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StyleWar

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-----Original Message-----
From: Dude VanWinkle [mailto:dudevanwinkle () gmail com] 
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 1:20 PM
To: privacy () whitestar linuxbox org
Subject: [privacy] Which do you fear more: Terrorism or Hernias?

Here is a list of how you could die, and the probability of each:

from: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71743-0.html?tw=rss.index

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
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