What Should You
Really Be Afraid Of?
Newsweek May 24 & 31, 2010
Much of what we worry about today is based on hype rather than reality.
MURDERS: 14,180
SUICIDES: 33,289
CHILDREN ABDUCTED BY STRANGERS: 115
CHILDREN WHO DROWN IN POOLS: 288
BURGLARIES: 2.2 million
IDENTITY THEFTS: 8.3 million
SHARK ATTACKS: 28
DOG BITES: 4.5 million
AMERICANS KILLED BY TERRORIST ATTACKS AROUND THE WORLD: 33
AMERICANS WHO DIE FROM THE SEASONAL FLU: 36,171
DEATHS BY ALLERGIC REACTION TO PEANUTS: 50-100
DEATHS BY UNINTENTIONAL POISONING: 27,531
WOMEN WHO DIE FROM BREAST CANCER: 40,170
WOMEN WHO DIE FROM CARDIO/VASCULAR DISEASE: 432,709
FATAL AIRLINE ACCIDENTS: 321
FATAL CAR CRASHES: 34,017
AMERICANS AUDITED BY THE IRS: 1.4 million
U.S. DEATHS: 2.4 million
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