Just came across the following risks from a statistics course at Brunel:
Approximate estimates of the annual death rates for a number
of typical activities
a.. Mountain Climbing, 5hrs/week 1 in 200
b.. Smoking 10 cigarettes a day 1 in 200
c.. Car Accident to young male 1 in 300
d.. All Cancers 1 in 350
e.. Illegal Drugs, participants 1 in 5000
f.. Work in Dangerous Industry, coal mining, forestry 1 in
8000
g.. Accident in the home 1 in 10 000
h.. Cancer from natural radon 1 in 20 000
i.. Death from Skin Cancer 1 in 30 000
j.. Accident at work, safe industry 1 in 40 000
k.. Deaths on Railways 1 in 200 000
l.. Meningitis 1 in 250 000
m.. Deaths related to the supply of gas 1 in 2 000 000
n.. Scheduled Air Transport 1 in 5 000 000
o.. Lightening 1 in 10 000 000
p.. Killed by Dangerous Dog 1 in 20 000 000
q.. Radiation from Nuclear Power 1 in 50 000 000
r.. Killed by a meteorite 1 in 300 000 000