Bet you didn’t know that more people die from high school football practice every year than die from shark attacks.
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Death in Perspective
04 Tuesday Oct 2011
Posted in Infographics, Interesting Statistics
What about those caused by airborne U.S. terrorist attacks?
http://boingboing.net/2009/12/30/odds-of-being-a-terr.html
Interesting, but is is hard to calculate odds from only 4 occurrences. Odds usually assume that an event probability is roughly equivalent through time. The statistics referenced in the graphic that you sent me probably will not be accurate over time because it could be argued that after a significant terrorist attack, the ensuing lock-down makes you even less likely to be a victim, etc.
I don’t doubt some of those numbers, but I am curious how they got the black friday kill rate. Maybe they include people that die from other causes while shopping? Tried finding a source for those figures, any ideas?
The deaths appear to be from riots, people getting trampled, and fighting over merchandise, here’s a summary of some.