gschreckchat@comcast.net
Perhaps we are forgetting Zombies. That could skew the results. There are more than you think, as I have worked with a large number of them in the past.
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George Schreck
gschreckchat@comcast.net
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From: "Chris Alling"
> I thought that living would be the number one cause of death.
>
>
> >From: gschreckchat@comcast.net
> >To: cmurray@obra.org, "obra"
> >Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Responses to my injury inquiry
> >Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:35:42 +0000
> >
> >Gee, it seems as if Living is one of the major causes of death. A bit of a
> >quandry there since the only way to avoid the risk of Living is ......
> >
> >--
> >
> >George Schreck
> >gschreckchat@comcast.net
> >(503) 502-0425
> >
> >-------------- Original message --------------
> >From: "Candi Murray"
> >
> > > 64 people responded that they have never had any cycling related
> >injuries.
> > > Many more had road rash but nothing significant.
> > >
> > > Harry Phinney sent me some interesting statistics, below.
> > >
> > > Statistics from Failure Analysis Associates
> > >
> > > Injuries Associated with Example Items in 1989
> > >
> > > (Chart copyright 1995 by FaAA, repeated here
> > > because it is hard to read on their Web page.)
> > >
> > > Product Number of Injuries
> > >
> > >
> > > Motor Vehicles 1,744,903
> > > Stairs, Steps, Ramps and Landings 854,500
> > > Bicycles and accessories 514,700
> > > Beds 299,200
> > > Household Chemicals and Cleaning Products 65,900
> > > Doors (Not Glass) 46,200
> > > Pens and Pencils 29,900
> > > Money 28,700
> > > First Aid Equipment 27,300
> > > Toothpicks 5,500
> > > Combs or Hairbrushes 3,700
> > >
> > >
> > > Note: Emergency room treated injuries projected from
> > > Consumer Product Safety Commission data...
> > > (rest is obscured on their page).
> > >
> > > And more estimates from the same source:
> > >
> > > Estimate of Fatal Risk by Activity
> > >
> > > Activity # Fatalities per 1,000,000 exposure hours
> > > -------- -----------------------------------------
> > > Skydiving 128.71
> > > General Aviation 15.58
> > > On-road Motorcycling 8.80
> > > Scuba Diving 1.98
> > > Living (all causes of death) 1.53
> > > Swimming 1.07
> > > Snowmobiling .88
> > > Passenger cars .47
> > > Water skiing .28
> > > Bicycling .26
> > > Flying (scheduled domestic airlines) .15
> > > Hunting .08
> > >
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