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What are the odds?

What are the odds?

If you live in the U.S., your chances of being killed by a tsunami are the same (or less!) than being taken out by an asteroid impact. Get a dose of reality as you see just what are the odds of random events happening to you, according to various sources.

The Odds of Dying in …

· Motor vehicle: 1-in-84
· Motorcyle: 1-in-938
· Bicycle: 1-in-4,472
· Air travel: 1-in-5,552
· Bus: 1-in-94,242
· Train: 1-in-139,617

The Odds of Drowning in …

· Natural water: 1-in-2,828
· Swimming pool: 1-in-6,031
· Bath tub: 1-in-9,377

The Odds of …

· Dating a millionaire: 215-to-1
· Writing NYTimes bestseller: 220-to-1
· Finding four-leaf clover on 1st try: 10,000-to-1
· Getting Rich on ‘Antiques Roadshow’: 60,000-to-1
· Dating a supermodel: 88,000-to-1

The Odds You’ll …

· Be a Victim of ID Theft: 1-in-465
· Have an adverse reaction to a prescription drug: 1-in-3,000
· Be sued by the RIAA for illegal filesharing: 1-in-4,666
· Be wrongly declared dead by a Social Security data entry mistake:
1-in-23,483
· Die from a food-borne illness this year: 1-in-33,333

The Odds of dying in a …

· Flood: 1-in-30,000
· Tornado: 1-in-60,000
· Lightning strike: 1-in-83,930
· Earthquake: 1-in-131,890
· Asteroid impact: 1-in-200,000*
· Tsunami: 1-in-500,000

The Odds of Injury Requiring Medical Treatment From:

· Lyme’s disease: 1-in-18,100
· Snake bite: 1-in-25,300
· West Nile: 1-in-68,500
· Shark attack: 1-in-6,000,000

The Odds of Being a Victim of …

· Assault by Firearm*: 1-in-325
· Poisoning*: 1-in-1,400
· Murder this year: 1-in-16,917
· Strangulation*: 1-in-34,424

The Odds of Believing …

· That it’s better to be poor and thin, than rich and fat: 2-in-3*
· You are "extremely stressed": 1-in-3
· That the best way to get rich is to win the lottery: 1-in-5
· Your tattoo was a mistake**: 1-in-7
· You saw a UFO: 1-in-7

The Odds That You…

· Have fallen asleep or have felt very sleepy at work in the last month: 1-in-3
· Work at a job where you never get a paid day off: 1-in-4
· Plan to take sick days this summer to go to the beach or go shopping: 3-in-10
· Do not have health insurance: 1-in-7
· Leave home for your commute to work before 6 a.m. to beat traffic: 1-in-8

The Odds …

· Your child will be involved in a school bus accident this year: 1-in-29,180
· Your baby will be delivered by
c-section this year: 1-in-3
· You cannot find Iraq on a map, if you are between age 18 to 24: 2-in-3
· You will have a car crash within the first year of driving (if you are 16 years old): 1-in-5

The Odds of Dying From …

· Heart disease: 1-in-438
· Cancer this year: 1-in-600
· Staph infection: 1-in-16,146
· Measles: 1-in-300,000,000

Of course….but being the 1 in 84 that gets killed in a motor vehicle accidents kinda f*cks up all the other odds…

I wonder what the odds are in winning the lottery, dating a supermodel on the day you plan to take sick and while she’s telling you about her heart disease you get hit by an asteroid?