The odds of dying in a terrorist attack - in perspective


	The odds of dying in a terrorist attack - in perspective

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/7a002840-49e9-4ff3-ae9f-368e00408190/ED9E2570-7D84-49A2-BD33-A2575CF45F92/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://eyewashstation.blogspot.com/2007/11/odds-of-dying-in-terrorist-attack.html" href="http://eyewashstation.blogspot.com/2007/11/odds-of-dying-in-terrorist-attack.html" style="font-size: 11px;">eyewashstation.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://eyewashstation.blogspot.com/2007/11/odds-of-dying-in-terrorist-attack.html">The following ratios were compiled using data from 2004 National Safety Council (NSC) Estimates, a report based on data from The National Center for Health Statistics and the U.S. Census Bureau.  In addition, 2003 mortality data from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) was used.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://eyewashstation.blogspot.com/2007/11/odds-of-dying-in-terrorist-attack.html"><P>You are <SPAN>12,571 times</SPAN> more likely to die from <SPAN>cancer</SPAN> than from a terrorist attack<O:P></O:P></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://eyewashstation.blogspot.com/2007/11/odds-of-dying-in-terrorist-attack.html"><P>You are<SPAN> six times</SPAN> more likely to die from <SPAN>hot weather</SPAN> than from a terrorist attack<O:P></O:P></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://eyewashstation.blogspot.com/2007/11/odds-of-dying-in-terrorist-attack.html"><P>You are <SPAN>404 times</SPAN> more likely to die in a <SPAN>fall</SPAN> than from a terrorist attack<O:P></O:P></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://eyewashstation.blogspot.com/2007/11/odds-of-dying-in-terrorist-attack.html"><P>You are <SPAN>1048 times</SPAN> more likely to die from a <SPAN>car accident</SPAN> than from a terrorist attack<O:P></O:P></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://eyewashstation.blogspot.com/2007/11/odds-of-dying-in-terrorist-attack.html"><P>You are <SPAN>17,600 times</SPAN> more likely to die from <SPAN>heart disease</SPAN> than from a terrorist attack<O:P></O:P></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://eyewashstation.blogspot.com/2007/11/odds-of-dying-in-terrorist-attack.html"><P>You are <SPAN>eight times</SPAN> more likely to be killed by a <SPAN>police officer</SPAN> than by a terrorist<O:P></O:P></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/ED9E2570-7D84-49A2-BD33-A2575CF45F92/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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