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Revision as of 13:39, 25 January 2008
Relative risks of dying
These data are culled from a variety of official sources (National Institutes of Health in the US, and National Insurance Institute (Bituach Leumi) in Israel), and represent the years 2000-2005.
USA
Cause of death | Risk per 1M |
---|---|
Heart disease | 2409.4 |
Cancer | 1940.5 |
Stroke | 560.6 |
Accidents | 368.9 |
Diabetes | 252.6 |
Flu | 222.3 |
Traffic | 156.1 |
Suicide | 108.8 |
Firearms | 103.6 |
Murder | 62.8 |
HIV | 48.6 |
House fire | 9.8 |
Other land/sea transport | 6.3 |
Terrorism | 2.0 |
Airplane crash | 0.5 |
Dog attack | 0.1 |
Shark attack | 0.0 |
Israel
Cause of death | Risk per 1M |
---|---|
Terrorism | 31.0 |
Traffic | 73.0 |
Murder | 2.3 |
Comparison
Likelihood of violent death in Israel: 106.3, in USA: 220.9. That is to say, one is more than twice as likely to die a violent death in the USA as compared to Israel.
In either place, the most common cause of death is disease, not violence.