The Chances You Will Die From . . .

Sources:  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; State Department:


Last year, 10 Americans were killed by international terrorism.

You are 262 times as likely to die in a fire.

You are 1,595 times as likely to be murdered.

You are 356 times as likely to die from drowning.

You are 416 times as likely to die from an injury at work.

You are 85 times as likely to die in a gun accident.

You are 2,626 times as likely to die in an alcohol-related accident.

You are 2,663 times as likely to die from a fall.

You are 4,024 times as likely to die from a drug overdose.

You are 3,468 times as likely to die in a car accident.


(Between September 11 and the death of Osama bin Laden, the United States spent $1.28 trillion prosecuting the war on terror.)