Tuesday, February 23, 2010

These are the odds, Part 4



The odds are 1 out of 230 (.43%) that you are legally blind. - The Week Magazine, 3/28/08

The odds are 1 out of 23,483 (.00425%) that you will be wrongly declared dead this year as a result of a data entry error by the U. S. Social Security Department staff. - San Diego Union, 3/20/08

The odds are 1 out of 3 (33%) that you have fallen asleep or have felt very sleepy at work in the last month. - EWeek Magazine, 3/17/08

The odds are 8 out of 10 (80%) that you occasionally suffer from back pain that is severe enough to limit your activity at some point during your life. - Wired Magazine, 2/08

The odds are 1 out of 3 (33%) that (if you have a baby this year in America) it will be delivered by Caesarean Section. - Newsweek, 1/28/08

The odds are 1 out of 138 (.725%) that you have complained that airlines have mishandled or lost your baggage. - Wired Magazine, 2/08

The odds are 1 out of 4,615 (.0216%) that you were injured last year opening a plastic "clamshell" package. - Wired Magazine, 2/08

The odds are 1 out of 600 (0.167%) that you will die from cancer this year, so says the American Cancer Society. - Discover Magazine, 2/08

The odds are 1 out of 210 (0.467%) that you will be diagnosed with some form of cancer this year, so says the American Cancer Society. - Discover Magazine, 2/08

The odds are 2 out of 3 (67%) that your home had a real Christmas tree in December 2007. - The Week Magazine, 12/28/07

The odds are 1 out of 1,111,111 (.00009%) that you will die in an avalanche in the next decade. - Discover Magazine, 1/08

The odds are 1 out of 62,370 (.0016%) that you will die in a traffic accident while riding a motorcycle this year. - The Week Magazine, 4/11/08

The odds are 1 out of 1,450,000 (.000069%) that you will die this year while warming up your car in your garage (carbon monoxide poisoning). - San Diego Union, 1/1/08

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