# Anyone surprised by these odds (see attached link)?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 8, 2019, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-surprised-by-these-odds-see-attached-link/829208 "2019-02-08T23:54:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![scarface54345](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@scarface54345](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scarface54345)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-surprised-by-these-odds-see-attached-link/829208/1 "2019-02-08T23:54:21Z")

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**Author:** ![Heracles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heracles/32/487_2.png) [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2019, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-surprised-by-these-odds-see-attached-link/829208/2 "2019-02-09T03:50:55Z")

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To those who don’t click on links without some context, it’s an infographic, apparently from [Cars.com](http://Cars.com), containing the following text:

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> **Driving-related deaths versus other causes**  
> Chances based on total number of U.S. deaths in 2013: 2.6 million
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> Motor vehicle: 1/77  
> Alcohol or drugs: 1/34  
> Fire: 1/821  
> Fall: 1/83  
> Heart disease: 1/4  
> Poison: 1/53  
> Firearms: 1/77

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2019, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-surprised-by-these-odds-see-attached-link/829208/3 "2019-02-09T03:56:26Z")

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I wonder what’s inclusive of the “poison” category because it’s surprising to me that it’s higher than both car accidents and firearms. Is an opioid overdose poisoning? Intentionally taking too many sleeping pills?

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2019, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-surprised-by-these-odds-see-attached-link/829208/4 "2019-02-09T05:05:25Z")

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Huh? Cars and guns. And its my heart that will kill me. Yeah, surprised.