# I'm not afraid of death...

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 27, 2002, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-afraid-of-death/134068 "2002-10-27T04:08:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chekmate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@Chekmate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chekmate)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2002, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-afraid-of-death/134068/1 "2002-10-27T04:08:08Z")

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I’m afraid of a _painful_ death. Are there any statistics on how many people die, what would be called, a painful death(cancer, stomach wound, etc)? How about Violent deaths (Car crashes, falling, etc)? Any how many people go peacefullly in their sleep (be it drug induced or otherwise)?

Just curious. Like to know what my chances are of dying warm in my bed. Cause that’s how I would prefer to go. Or a stroke while doing some young hot blonde… 😉

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**Author:** ![Second\_Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@Second\_Guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Second_Guest)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2002, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-afraid-of-death/134068/2 "2002-10-28T19:54:08Z")

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Well, a lot would depend on your age, where you live, your occupation, etc.

Here’s a site that might be of interest to you, though:  
[http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/dvs/mortdata.htm](http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/dvs/mortdata.htm)

(Oh, and best of luck with that “young hot blonde” thing… 🙂 )