• Odds that a person between the actual age of 18 and 19 doesn’t 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 by fireworks: 19,556 to 1
• The odds of injury through shaving: 6,585 to 1
• The odds of injury while using a chain saw: 4,464 to 1
• The odds of injury through mowing your lawn: 3,623 to 1
• The odds of fatally slipping in a shower or bath: 2,232 to 1
• The odds of drowning in a bath: 685,000 to 1
• The odds of being killed on a 5-mile bus journey: 500,000,000 to 1
• The odds of being killed at some time within the next 12 months in any sort of transport accident: 77 to 1
• The odds of being killed in any sort of non-transportation accident: 69 to 1
• Odds of being struck by lightning: 576,000 to 1
• The odds of being killed by lightning: 2,320,000 to 1
• Odds of being murdered: 18,000 to 1
• The odds of getting away with murder: 2 to 1
• Odds of being the victim of serious crime in your lifetime: 20 to 1
• The odds of dating a supermodel: 88,000 to 1
• Odds of being considered possessed by Satan: 7,000 to 1
• The chances of a first marriage will survive without separation or divorce for 15 years: 1.3 to 1
• The chances of a celebrity marriage will last a lifetime: 3 to 1
• The odds of getting hemorrhoids: 25 to 1
• Odds of being born a twin in North America: 90 to 1
• The odds of being on plane with a drunken pilot: 117 to 1
• Odds of being audited by the IRS: 175 to 1
• Risks of having your identity stolen: 200 to 1
• The odds of dating a millionaire: 215 to 1
• The odds of dating a supermodel: 88,000 to 1
• Chances of writing a New York Times best seller: 220 to 1
• Odds of discovering your daughter or son is really a genius: 250 to 1
• The odds of catching a ball at a major league ball game: 563 to 1
• The odds of becoming a professional athlete: 22,000 to 1
• Odds of finding a four-leaf clover on your first try: 10,000 to 1
• Chances of an individual in the armed forces receiving the Medal of Honor: 11,000 to 1
• The odds of gaining an Academy Award: 11,500 to 1
• The odds of striking it rich on Antiques Roadshow: 60,000 to 1
• Chances of acquiring a royal flush in poker upon the first 5 playing cards dealt: 649,740 to 1
• Odds of spotting a UFO today: 3,000,000 to 1
• Chances of becoming president: 10,000,000 to 1
• Chances of winning the California lotto: 13,000,000 to 1
• Chances of being a saint: 20,000,000 to 1
• The odds of a meteor hitting your own house: 182,138,880,000,000 to 1
• Odds of an American house possessing a minimum of one container of ice cream in the refrigerator: 9 in 10.
• Chance of dying from virtually any kind of injury during the the coming year: 1 in 1,820
• Odds 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 automobile accident: 1 in 18,585
• Chance of dying from any kind of fall: 1 in 20,666
• Chance of dying from unintended drowning: 1 in 79,065
• Chance of dying from exposure to smoke, flames and fire: 1 in 81,524
• Odds of dying in an explosion: 1 in 107,787
• Chance that the 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
• Odds 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
• Odds of dying in a terrorist attack while visiting a foreign country: 1 in 650,000
• Odds 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
• Odds 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
• Odds of dying from a mountain lion attack in California: 1 in 32,000,000
• Odds 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
• Odds 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
• Odds 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
• Odds of beating pancreatic or liver cancer: 1 in 9
• Odds of beating thyroid or testicular cancer: 9 in 10