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!
Someone has helpfully compiled an infographic listing the estimated chances of death in various scenarios, from motorbike racing to obesity
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.
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!
I believe they chose liscenced drivers as opposed to including passangers and bystanders...both of which could be considered as fatalities in a crash as they are associated associated with the accident. So they were actually filtering the water..no mudding it
Yes! By the end I was think wtf is even trying to be communicated?! Lol. Oh well we’re all screwed in the end we all have a 100% chance of dying !
Yes. You can't compare.
What's with the car statistics? 1 in 6700 and 1 in 670?? 16.13 in 100,000 and 16.13 in 10,000? As for "obese at 15+ gives you 3x the risk of mortality".Pretty sure we all have the same risk of mortality. 100%. They need to define that much better.
What are the chances of dying from a brain aneurism while reading this post?
Actually, the chances of that are quite landfl&#IGHR.r.wefs...
Well, I'm alright. I'm not going anytime soon. I'm going to live forev
lol
The risk is reduced to negligible the moment anyone reads your post, due to the positive and life-saving effects of LOL!
Watching football on TV is more dangerous. My fit and healthy sport playing cousin died of an undiagnosed brain aneurysm whilst watching the World Cup - he was 24. RIP Andrew
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That assumes there's a brain to explode (which on BP is very very teeny tiny odds).
Are you saying that people on bored panda have no brain? But you're on here what is that saying about you?
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.
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.
Cars are faster than bikes on a track because they can corner faster and transition faster. In a corner is where crash most likely to happen. Bikes are going slower and usually slide out from under you while you close to ground already. Hopefully rider can separate from the bike and slide to a stop. Cars on other hand have the driver stuck inside, so more velocity and more mass carry into wall more often.
It probably has more to do with how racers drive than crash safety. In my experience cagers take more risks because they have more protection in case of an accident. Did you read about that study which demonstrated cycling helmets actually increase the frequency of cycling injuries; by wearing the helmet the cyclist feels safer taking risks.
Agreed : where I live, the cycling bikers who drive the most dangerously are also those who wear the most protection gear : helmets, highly visible vests, knee and elbow protections... And then, they go crossing red lights, wrong ways, driving on walking lanes, etc etc. They do everything but be careful.
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.
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!
I believe they chose liscenced drivers as opposed to including passangers and bystanders...both of which could be considered as fatalities in a crash as they are associated associated with the accident. So they were actually filtering the water..no mudding it
Yes! By the end I was think wtf is even trying to be communicated?! Lol. Oh well we’re all screwed in the end we all have a 100% chance of dying !
Yes. You can't compare.
What's with the car statistics? 1 in 6700 and 1 in 670?? 16.13 in 100,000 and 16.13 in 10,000? As for "obese at 15+ gives you 3x the risk of mortality".Pretty sure we all have the same risk of mortality. 100%. They need to define that much better.
What are the chances of dying from a brain aneurism while reading this post?
Actually, the chances of that are quite landfl&#IGHR.r.wefs...
Well, I'm alright. I'm not going anytime soon. I'm going to live forev
lol
The risk is reduced to negligible the moment anyone reads your post, due to the positive and life-saving effects of LOL!
Watching football on TV is more dangerous. My fit and healthy sport playing cousin died of an undiagnosed brain aneurysm whilst watching the World Cup - he was 24. RIP Andrew
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
That assumes there's a brain to explode (which on BP is very very teeny tiny odds).
Are you saying that people on bored panda have no brain? But you're on here what is that saying about you?
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.
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.
Cars are faster than bikes on a track because they can corner faster and transition faster. In a corner is where crash most likely to happen. Bikes are going slower and usually slide out from under you while you close to ground already. Hopefully rider can separate from the bike and slide to a stop. Cars on other hand have the driver stuck inside, so more velocity and more mass carry into wall more often.
It probably has more to do with how racers drive than crash safety. In my experience cagers take more risks because they have more protection in case of an accident. Did you read about that study which demonstrated cycling helmets actually increase the frequency of cycling injuries; by wearing the helmet the cyclist feels safer taking risks.
Agreed : where I live, the cycling bikers who drive the most dangerously are also those who wear the most protection gear : helmets, highly visible vests, knee and elbow protections... And then, they go crossing red lights, wrong ways, driving on walking lanes, etc etc. They do everything but be careful.