PDA

View Full Version : What are the odds....literally



28Prowler525
06-29-2005, 02:07 PM
Odds that a person between the age of 18 and 29 does NOT read a newspaper regularly: 3 to 1
Odds that an American adult does not want to live to age 120 under any circumstances: 3 to 2
Odds of injury from fireworks: 19,556 to 1
Odds of injury from shaving: 6,585 to 1
Odds of injury from using a chain saw: 4,464 to 1
Odds of injury from mowing the lawn: 3,623 to 1
Odds of fatally slipping in bath or shower: 2,232 to 1
Odds of drowning in a bathtub: 685,000 to 1
Odds of being killed on a 5-mile bus trip: 500,000,000 to 1
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 developing schizophrenia: 1 in 00
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

Nate56
06-29-2005, 02:10 PM
I like my odds on the last one...

KingCole
06-29-2005, 02:12 PM
thata odd :hammerhea

Phat Matt
06-29-2005, 02:26 PM
Odds anyone is going to read all the odds 1 in a 1,000,000. :D

Sleek-Jet
06-29-2005, 02:27 PM
I call bullshit on this one... I'd like to see the statistics that prove it.
Odds of being on plane with a drunken pilot: 117 to 1

Water Romper
06-29-2005, 02:43 PM
Odds of being pissed off by lake lice...EVEN MONEY :devil:

Angry Inch
06-29-2005, 03:09 PM
What are the odds of RD staying sober this weekend? :D
I'm not liking this one:
Odds that a first marriage will survive without separation or divorce for 15 years: 1.3 to 1

Nord
06-29-2005, 03:18 PM
nice sig line there A I!!!!!!

28Prowler525
06-29-2005, 03:20 PM
I call bullshit on this one... I'd like to see the statistics that prove it.
Yeah I think a few of the are off a bit.
Like these 2
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

Sleek-Jet
06-29-2005, 03:22 PM
Yeah I think a few of the are off a bit.
Like these 2
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
Of course we are assuming the pilot is flying. If they are just a passanger, they could be "drunk"...

Angry Inch
06-29-2005, 03:42 PM
nice sig line there A I!!!!!!
Y tu tambiƩn.

piper
06-29-2005, 03:58 PM
Odds anyone is going to read all the odds 1 in a 1,000,000. :D
I agree there. Too many.

SMFRiverRat
06-29-2005, 04:05 PM
I call bullshit on this one... I'd like to see the statistics that prove it.
Amen to that Brother!

MagicMtnDan
06-29-2005, 04:19 PM
Odds of being able to prove most/all of them: 0

Miss Perfect
06-29-2005, 04:42 PM
Odds anyone is going to read all the odds 1 in a 1,000,000. :D
My thoughts exactly.

ZZ-Man
06-29-2005, 05:54 PM
I didnt see the odds on a boat. maybe not, it might be a bad omen.

Boatcop
06-29-2005, 07:11 PM
I didnt see the odds on a boat. maybe not, it might be a bad omen.
Since a lot of these are based on statistics, I did some quick calculations and came up with:
Chances of getting killed in a boating accident on Arizona waterways: 1 in 179,397
This was figured using 2004 Arizona Boat Use Days (3,229,153) and dividing by the number of Fatalities on Arizona Waterways (18) including those reported to other states and occuring on the Colorado River and its Lakes.
Some other interesting odds
Chances of suffering an injury if involved in a collision on a PWC: 1 in 3.5
Chances of getting killed in an accident on a PWC: 1 in 82.5
Chances of suffering an injury if involved in a collision in a non-PWC vessel: 1 in 3.2
Chances of getting killed in an accident in a non-PWC vessel: 1 in 25.7
These are based on total numbers of reported accidents for each vessel type, and numbers of fatalities and injuries. (2004-Arizona only)
Happy Boating!

termiteguy
06-29-2005, 07:41 PM
dem boat cop allways full of joy :frown: