THINGS STATISTICALLY THAT CAN KILL YOU
Added on: 30th Jul 2015
FALLING DOWN
If this seems benign, then you must be young. This is the leading
cause of injury related death among seniors in the world.
Your chances: 1-in-246
INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM
Every 40 seconds someone somewhere on this planet kills themselves
and every year roughly 1 million lives are lost due to suicide.
Your chances: 1-in-121
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT
In what is probably one of the most dangerous things any of us ever
do on a regular basis, motor vehicle accidents claim about 1.3 million
lives every year. Your chances: 1-in-100
ACCIDENTAL INJURY
With this category being responsible for around 30 million emergency
room visits annually, the number of lives lost every year as a result are
around 100,000. Your chances: 1-in-36
STROKE
For people living in the developed world, one of the four remaining
items are almost guaranteed to kill you eventually.
Your chance of death by stroke: 1-in-23
CANCER
If you live long enough then it’s almost as certain as death and
taxes that you will get some form of cancer in your body.
Your chances: 1-in-7
HEART DISEASE
It is commonly thought by many experts that heart disease is the
leading cause of death in the world. Your chances: 1-in-5
HAYFLICK LIMIT
Assuming you didn’t get any disease or die any violent death, it
appears that your cells could only divide an infinite number of times
before falling apart anyway. This is known as the Hayflick limit.
Although modern advances in genetics may prolong this process,
some research has indicated that the current maximum life span
for a human is 125 years.
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