So, how dangerous _is_ terrorism?

[andrewducker]

S E V E R E Driving off the road: 254,419 Falling: 146,542 Accidental poisoning: 140,327

H I G H Dying from work: 59,730 Walking down the street: 52,000. Accidentally drowning: 38,302

E L E V A T E D Killed by the flu: 19,415 Dying from a hernia: 16,742

G U A R D E D Accidental firing of a gun: 8,536 Electrocution: 5,171

L O W Being shot by law enforcement: 3,949 Terrorism: 3147 Carbon monoxide in products: 1,554

Sources: National Highway and Safety Agency (.pdf), National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 50, No. 15 (09/16/2002) (.pdf), US Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Insurance Information Institute.
Stolen from here.

Comments

[azalemeth.livejournal.com]

Why don't the deaths for terrorism have a comma? And while that's certainly very interesting, that surely only covers what America defines as terrorism, i.e. related to this current bout, rather than the Irish problem? What about the ~50,000 killed by the war in Iraq?

Still, interesting nevertheless. Thanks for sharing :P.

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

The definition of terrorism is of course subjective depending on your viewpoint. However, that is irrelevant here as these are figures for people killed inside the United States since 1995. Deaths overseas aren't included.

The missing comma I suspect is just a typo.

[avatar.livejournal.com]

Wait, wait... you can die from working?!??!

High risk?!