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Re: [ST] Our odds



On Wed, 12 May 2004, John Petrey, Jr. wrote:

> I don't know if this is of any interest to anyone or not.....
> http://www.nsc.org/lrs/statinfo/odds.htm
> 
> Odds of dying on a m/c in a lifetime..........1 in 1214. How long is a 
> 'lifetime' anyway?
> 
> Is that good or bad? Who knows?
> 
> In a year? 1 in 93,719. That doesn't sound too bad.

Geez JP, thanks for the happy thoughts today!  Actually this is kind of
interesting, looks like my odds of dying while walking or driving my
pickup are even worse, er better, er more likely to happen than while
riding.  Hmmm.

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