The Link What are the odds a person from venezuala plays major leage baseball? What are the odds of getting struck by lighting? The Link Odds of being struck in your lifetime (Est. 80 years) 1/5000 Odds of being struck by lightning in a given year (estimated total deaths + injuries) 1/400,000
I thought the odds of being struck by lightning were much greater. 1 / 5000 over a lifetime? That's kind of scary.
yeah man 1/5000 is not big enough The Link Odds of being killed sometime in the next year in any sort of transportation accident: 77 to 1 Odds of being killed in any sort of non-transportation accident: 69 to 1 Odds of being struck by lightning: 576,000 to 1 Odds of being killed by lightning: 2,320,000 to 1 Odds of being murdered: 18,000 to 1 Odds of getting away with murder: 2 to 1 Odds of being the victim of serious crime in your lifetime: 20 to 1 Odds of dating a supermodel: 88,000 to 1 Odds of being considered possessed by Satan: 7,000 to 1 Odds that a first marriage will survive without separation or divorce for 15 years: 1.3 to 1 Odds that a celebrity marriage will last a lifetime: 3 to 1 Odds of getting hemorrhoids: 25 to 1 Odds of being born a twin in North America: 90 to 1 Odds of being on plane with a drunken pilot: 117 to 1 Odds of being audited by the IRS: 175 to 1 Odds of having your identity stolen: 200 to 1 Odds of dating a millionaire: 215 to 1 Odds of dating a supermodel: 88,000 to 1 Odds of writing a New York Times best seller: 220 to 1 Odds of finding out your child is a genius: 250 to 1 Odds of catching a ball at a major league ballgame: 563 to 1 Odds of becoming a pro athlete: 22,000 to 1 Odds of finding a four-leaf clover on first try: 10,000 to 1 Odds of a person in the military winning the Medal of Honor: 11,000 to 1 Odds of winning an Academy Award: 11,500 to 1 Odds of striking it rich on Antiques Roadshow: 60,000 to 1 Odds of getting a royal flush in poker on first five cards dealt: 649,740 to 1 Odds of spotting a UFO today: 3,000,000 to 1 Odds of becoming president: 10,000,000 to 1 Odds of winning the California lottery: 13,000,000 to 1 Odds of becoming a saint: 20,000,000 to 1 Odds of a meteor landing on your house: 182,138,880,000,000 to 1 Chance of an American home having at least one container of ice cream in the freezer: 9 in 10. Chance of dying from any kind of injury during the next year: 1 in 1,820 Chance of dying from intentional self-harm: 1 in 9,380 Chance of dying from an assault: 1 in 16,421 Chance of dying from a car accident: 1 in 18,585 Chance of dying from any kind of fall: 1 in 20,666 Chance of dying from accidental drowning: 1 in 79,065 Chance of dying from exposure to smoke, fire, and flames: 1 in 81,524 Chance of dying in an explosion: 1 in 107,787 Chance that Earth will experience a catastrophic collision with an asteroid in the next 100 years: 1 in 5,000 Chance of dying in such a collision: 1 in 20,000 Chance of dying from exposure to forces of nature (heat, cold, lightning, earthquake, flood): 1 in 225,107 Chance of dying in an airplane accident: 1 in 354,319 Chance of dying from choking on food: 1 in 370,035 Chance of dying in a terrorist attack while visiting a foreign country: 1 in 650,000 Chance of dying in a fireworks accident: 1 in 1,000,000 Chance of dying from overexertion, travel or privation: 1 in 1,428,377 Chance of dying from food poisoning: 1 in 3,000,000 Chance of dying from legal execution: 1 in 3,441,325 Chance of dying from contact with hot tap water: 1 in 5,005,564 Chance of dying from parts falling off an airplane: 1 in 10,000,000 Chance of dying from ignition or melting of nightwear: 1 in 30,589,556 Chance of dying from being bitten by a dog: 1 in 700,000 Chance of dying from contact with a venomous animal or plant: 1 in 3,441,325 Chance of dying from being bitten or struck by mammals (other than dogs or humans): 1 in 4,235,477 Chance of dying from a mountain lion attack in California: 1 in 32,000,000 Chance of dying from a shark attack: 1 in 300,000,000 Chance of having a stroke: 1 in 6 Chance of dying from heart disease: 1 in 3 Chance of getting arthritis: 1 in 7 Chance of suffering from asthma or allergy diseases: 1 in 6 Chance of getting the flu this year: 1 in 10 Chance of contracting the human version of mad cow disease: 1 in 40,000,000 Chance of dying from SARS in the United States: 1 in 100,000,000 Chance of American man developing cancer in his lifetime: 1 in 2 Chance of an American woman developing cancer in her lifetime: 1 in 3 Chance of getting prostate cancer: 1 in 6 Chance of getting breast cancer: 1 in 9 Chance of getting colon / rectal cancer: 1 in 26 Chance of beating pancreatic or liver cancer: 1 in 9 Chance of beating thyroid or testicular cancer: 9 in 10
