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Someone Put ‘Your Chances Of Dying’ In An Infographic, And You May Want To Reconsider Your Life Choices
We are all going to die one day, and most of us try our best to put it at the back of our minds and try not to think about it too much. Some people can’t help themselves, however, and worry about the danger of all kinds of high-risk activities.
Someone has helpfully compiled an infographic of for these people, listing the estimated chances of death in various scenarios and types of sports, from motorbike racing to obesity. Some of these sports statistics offer a genuinely surprising perspective, for example, skydiving and bungee-jumping are much safer than you would think, particularly when compared to something seemingly more innocent, like canoeing, where sports injuries and deaths are a-plenty.
The interesting facts were presented by Best Health Degrees, which collated the statistics from the US National Centre for Health Statistics’ database. Of course, the results are always changing, with new technologies contributing mostly to a safer world, but the overall results certainly put the risks that we choose to take into context. Scroll down below to check the fun facts out for yourself, and let us know what you think in the comments!
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Someone has helpfully compiled an infographic listing the estimated chances of death in various scenarios, from motorbike racing to obesity
What do you think ?
CrunChewy McSandybutt 7 years ago
I have a problem with the way the statistics are shown. Some are shown as a ratio (1 in 100k) and others are shown as annual deaths, and then there was another in the mountain climbing group that seemed to go off on a statistical tangent and I have no clue what exactly it was measuring.
Helen 7 years ago
Agree! It started off really interesting and made sense, but it's like they ran out of energy and started using random comparisons from "expert climbing" onwards. I mean, 1 in 6,700 cars vs 16.13 in 100,000 licensed drivers? (why not say 1 in 6,200?) And then 1.27 deaths per 100,000 flight hours?! (why not 1 in 78,740?) Shame! Please do a second version; there's so much potential!
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r3dd3v1lL 7 years ago
I'm calling BS on Grand Prix racing being more dangerous than motorbike racing. Racing cars have evolved a lot since the death of Ayrton Senna in 1994, while on a bike you just go flying and... that's pretty much it.
Pam Falcioni 7 years ago
Both sports are actually now relatively safe, modern race cars are safer and modern motorcycle race gear is insanely protective, with new innovations rolling out every year. The numbers shown here don't state where the data was derived from, or how many years of statistics were used to come up with those numbers. If they started counting back in the early days of racing, the attrition rate was crazy high, if they only count the past 10 years, the death count is much lower.
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Melody Lanzatella 7 years ago
It MAY make you reconsider your life choices...but probably it wont. LOL
Mixedupste 7 years ago
I'm sorry but you have more chance dying in motor bike racing than racing a car!! Who ever has done this doesn't really know what he is doing
Šimon Špaček 7 years ago
People who are obese have 3 times higher risk of mortality than those who were never obese. So only one third of non-obese people will die eventually? Damn, I somebody should tell me sooner.
Grumble O'Pug 7 years ago
I wish they'd add horseback riding, rodeo clowning, hunting, and skijoring. Why not?
Tobias Meiner 7 years ago
Excuse me, what do the numbers in the first part represent? I understand that in most cases they are singular occurences (any case of getting in the air on a glider, any football match, any motorbike race) but what does it mean in case of biking? Any time one got on bike? Any day including biking? Any mile driven? Without metrics, raw data are useless. As numerous studies shown, obesity, save for morbid obesity scarcely influences health and expected life length. It is the lack of exercise that matters - active obese people have way lower chances of developing serious conditions that people of average weight and sedentary lifestyle. Of course, in case of most people obesity is caused by lack of exercise, but in this case it is a symptom, not a cause. The data concerning smoking is interesting, as it means that a man smokers have roughly 0,2% chance of developing lung cancer in case of men and 0,1% in case of women.
diane a 7 years ago (edited)
Obesity (not morbid obesity alone) must have an effect on healthy life expectancy. I have never encountered a healthy obese 90 year old or older.
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Hugo Raible 7 years ago
The worst infographics I have ever seen. Sorry. These "145 in [ten arbitrary symbols]" say absolutely nothing.
Christina Sersif 7 years ago
I'm just shocked to know that some people actually survive when they jump off a building
Mortimer Snerd 7 years ago
My chances of dying of boredom on bored panda just increased 10X after reading this one.
phil blanque 7 years ago
Very bad data, no documentation ,just.....well, stupid.....Stupid....Nothing to see here. Bye!
Michèle Gyselinck 7 years ago
Actually, all those are WRONG. Our chances of dying are 100%. It's not a matter of if but when. The only difference is at what age you'll die, young or VERY old. But, whichever way you slice it, you WILL DIE.
Elizabeth 7 years ago
I'm flabbergasted that riding a bicycle is more dangerous than any of the "mountain" activities
Parmeisan 7 years ago
...It's not? If 1 in 140,000 cyclists dies and and 1 in 15,000 mountain hikers dies, then it's close to 10x the risk for the hikers. It only gets worse as the mountain activities get more dangerous.
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Aunt Messy 7 years ago
Does anyone else think it's hilarious that snowboarding is safer than skiing? That's fairly counterintuitive.
minerva15 7 years ago
I went snowboarding once. Failed horribly. Fell on my butt every single time. Sore butt for ages. Never again.
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Ohio Hands 7 years ago
I've been fat since 9 years old, I've already accepted my impending early death. Bring on the cake.
CrunChewy McSandybutt 7 years ago
I have a problem with the way the statistics are shown. Some are shown as a ratio (1 in 100k) and others are shown as annual deaths, and then there was another in the mountain climbing group that seemed to go off on a statistical tangent and I have no clue what exactly it was measuring.
Helen 7 years ago
Agree! It started off really interesting and made sense, but it's like they ran out of energy and started using random comparisons from "expert climbing" onwards. I mean, 1 in 6,700 cars vs 16.13 in 100,000 licensed drivers? (why not say 1 in 6,200?) And then 1.27 deaths per 100,000 flight hours?! (why not 1 in 78,740?) Shame! Please do a second version; there's so much potential!
Load More Replies... r3dd3v1lL 7 years ago
I'm calling BS on Grand Prix racing being more dangerous than motorbike racing. Racing cars have evolved a lot since the death of Ayrton Senna in 1994, while on a bike you just go flying and... that's pretty much it.
Pam Falcioni 7 years ago
Both sports are actually now relatively safe, modern race cars are safer and modern motorcycle race gear is insanely protective, with new innovations rolling out every year. The numbers shown here don't state where the data was derived from, or how many years of statistics were used to come up with those numbers. If they started counting back in the early days of racing, the attrition rate was crazy high, if they only count the past 10 years, the death count is much lower.
Load More Replies... Melody Lanzatella 7 years ago
It MAY make you reconsider your life choices...but probably it wont. LOL
Mixedupste 7 years ago
I'm sorry but you have more chance dying in motor bike racing than racing a car!! Who ever has done this doesn't really know what he is doing
Šimon Špaček 7 years ago
People who are obese have 3 times higher risk of mortality than those who were never obese. So only one third of non-obese people will die eventually? Damn, I somebody should tell me sooner.
Grumble O'Pug 7 years ago
I wish they'd add horseback riding, rodeo clowning, hunting, and skijoring. Why not?
Tobias Meiner 7 years ago
Excuse me, what do the numbers in the first part represent? I understand that in most cases they are singular occurences (any case of getting in the air on a glider, any football match, any motorbike race) but what does it mean in case of biking? Any time one got on bike? Any day including biking? Any mile driven? Without metrics, raw data are useless. As numerous studies shown, obesity, save for morbid obesity scarcely influences health and expected life length. It is the lack of exercise that matters - active obese people have way lower chances of developing serious conditions that people of average weight and sedentary lifestyle. Of course, in case of most people obesity is caused by lack of exercise, but in this case it is a symptom, not a cause. The data concerning smoking is interesting, as it means that a man smokers have roughly 0,2% chance of developing lung cancer in case of men and 0,1% in case of women.
diane a 7 years ago (edited)
Obesity (not morbid obesity alone) must have an effect on healthy life expectancy. I have never encountered a healthy obese 90 year old or older.
Load More Replies... Hugo Raible 7 years ago
The worst infographics I have ever seen. Sorry. These "145 in [ten arbitrary symbols]" say absolutely nothing.
Christina Sersif 7 years ago
I'm just shocked to know that some people actually survive when they jump off a building
Mortimer Snerd 7 years ago
My chances of dying of boredom on bored panda just increased 10X after reading this one.
phil blanque 7 years ago
Very bad data, no documentation ,just.....well, stupid.....Stupid....Nothing to see here. Bye!
Michèle Gyselinck 7 years ago
Actually, all those are WRONG. Our chances of dying are 100%. It's not a matter of if but when. The only difference is at what age you'll die, young or VERY old. But, whichever way you slice it, you WILL DIE.
Elizabeth 7 years ago
I'm flabbergasted that riding a bicycle is more dangerous than any of the "mountain" activities
Parmeisan 7 years ago
...It's not? If 1 in 140,000 cyclists dies and and 1 in 15,000 mountain hikers dies, then it's close to 10x the risk for the hikers. It only gets worse as the mountain activities get more dangerous.
Load More Replies... Aunt Messy 7 years ago
Does anyone else think it's hilarious that snowboarding is safer than skiing? That's fairly counterintuitive.
minerva15 7 years ago
I went snowboarding once. Failed horribly. Fell on my butt every single time. Sore butt for ages. Never again.
Load More Replies... Ohio Hands 7 years ago
I've been fat since 9 years old, I've already accepted my impending early death. Bring on the cake.
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