- In a flood: 1 in 144,156
- After being struck by lightning: 1 in 79,746
- By legal execution: 1 in 62,468
- By accidental electrocution: 1 in 9,968
- In a fire/of smoke inhalation: 1 in 1,113
- By drowning: 1 in 1,008
- By suicide: 1 in 119
- In a motor vehicle accident: 1 in 84
- Of heart disease: 1 in 5
- Of something or other: 1 in 1
According to this month's National Geographic, anyway.
I want to see a statistical list of things your parents warned you about, like "Odds of jumping off a cliff" "Odds of being injured while running with scissors" "Odds of dying with previously dirtied underwear," that kind of things. "Odds of death by karma" would be nice, too.
