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The odds of life giving you lemons
Posted on 1/27/15 at 8:50 pm
Posted on 1/27/15 at 8:50 pm
found these in my abnormal psychology book for this semester
A city resident will be a victim of a violent crime…1 in 60
A suburbanite will be a victim of a violent crime…1 in 1,000
A small-town resident will be a victim of a violent crime…1 in 2,000
A child will suffer a high-chair injury this year…1 in 6,000
The IRS will audit you this year…1 in 100
You will be murdered this year…1 in 12,000
You will be a victim of burglary this year…1 in 25
You will be a victim of robbery this year…1 in 83
You will be killed on your next bus ride…1 in 500 million
You will be hit by a baseball at a major-league game…1 in 300,000
You will drown in the tub this year…1 in 685,000
Your house will have a fire this year…1 in 200
Your carton will contain a broken egg…1 in 10
You will develop a tooth cavity…1 in 6
You will contract AIDS from a blood transfusion…1 in 100,000
You will die in a tsunami…1 in 500,000
You will be attacked by a shark…1 in 4 million
You will receive a diagnosis of cancer this year…1 in 8,000
A woman will develop breast cancer during her lifetime…1 in 9
A piano player will eventually develop lower back pain…1 in 3
You will be killed on your next automobile outing…1 in 4 million
Condom use will eventually fail to prevent pregnancy…1 in 10
An IUD will eventually fail to prevent pregnancy…1 in 10
Coitus interruptus will eventually fail to prevent pregnancy…1 in 5
You will die as a result of a collision between an asteroid and the earth…1 in 500,000
You will die as a result of a lightning strike…1 in 84,000
(ADAPTED FROM QUILLIAN & PAGER, 2012; BRITT, 2005)
A city resident will be a victim of a violent crime…1 in 60
A suburbanite will be a victim of a violent crime…1 in 1,000
A small-town resident will be a victim of a violent crime…1 in 2,000
A child will suffer a high-chair injury this year…1 in 6,000
The IRS will audit you this year…1 in 100
You will be murdered this year…1 in 12,000
You will be a victim of burglary this year…1 in 25
You will be a victim of robbery this year…1 in 83
You will be killed on your next bus ride…1 in 500 million
You will be hit by a baseball at a major-league game…1 in 300,000
You will drown in the tub this year…1 in 685,000
Your house will have a fire this year…1 in 200
Your carton will contain a broken egg…1 in 10
You will develop a tooth cavity…1 in 6
You will contract AIDS from a blood transfusion…1 in 100,000
You will die in a tsunami…1 in 500,000
You will be attacked by a shark…1 in 4 million
You will receive a diagnosis of cancer this year…1 in 8,000
A woman will develop breast cancer during her lifetime…1 in 9
A piano player will eventually develop lower back pain…1 in 3
You will be killed on your next automobile outing…1 in 4 million
Condom use will eventually fail to prevent pregnancy…1 in 10
An IUD will eventually fail to prevent pregnancy…1 in 10
Coitus interruptus will eventually fail to prevent pregnancy…1 in 5
You will die as a result of a collision between an asteroid and the earth…1 in 500,000
You will die as a result of a lightning strike…1 in 84,000
(ADAPTED FROM QUILLIAN & PAGER, 2012; BRITT, 2005)
This post was edited on 1/27/15 at 9:16 pm
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Posted on 1/27/15 at 8:52 pm to hawgfaninc
quote:Pull out method
Coitus interruptus will eventually fail to prevent pregnancy…1 in 5
Posted on 1/27/15 at 8:54 pm to SuperSaint
really thought this thread was going to tell you how often a person would run into a lemon tree
Posted on 1/27/15 at 8:55 pm to hawgfaninc
quote:
Coitus interruptus will eventually fail to prevent pregnancy…1 in 5
I'm afraid to say anything.
quote:
A woman will develop breast cancer during her lifetime…1 in 9
This stat makes me angry. frick cancer, man.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 8:56 pm to hawgfaninc
very interesting stuff...not so sure I believe some of them, though...I think the chances of an individual dieing by being hit by an asteroid are far lower than that...
I honestly thought your chances of being murdered are considerably lower than what is quoted...
I honestly thought your chances of being murdered are considerably lower than what is quoted...
Posted on 1/27/15 at 8:56 pm to hawgfaninc
quote:
You will die in a tsunami…1 in 500,000
quote:
You will die as a result of a collision between an asteroid and the earth…1 in 500,000
I can't imagine this is even close to accurate.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 8:59 pm to GRTiger
Maybe the asteroid was supposed to be 500,000,000? That's the only way that would make sense to me.
Unless there's a big one coming to wipe out the Pacific northwest tomorrow and nobody told us.
Unless there's a big one coming to wipe out the Pacific northwest tomorrow and nobody told us.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 8:59 pm to hawgfaninc
quote:
You will be murdered this year…1 in 12,000
This sounds worse than it is due to the number of victims that placed themselves in bad situations (gang members, etc.). Other than that, this list makes me feel pretty good about my odds.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 9:00 pm to NawlinsTiger9
I actually thought the chance for breast cancer was higher than that.
This post was edited on 1/27/15 at 9:01 pm
Posted on 1/27/15 at 9:00 pm to GRTiger
Chances the OT sees Taylor Swift noods.
1 in a gazallion
1 in a gazallion
Posted on 1/27/15 at 9:01 pm to GRTiger
Maybe they meant meteors, or whatever you call them. I've read that a number of people are hit by them every year.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 9:03 pm to hawgfaninc
I think my odds of getting killed by a shark are greater since I want to swim with a great white...and touch his nose
Posted on 1/27/15 at 9:04 pm to northshorebamaman
quote:
You will be killed on your next bus ride…1 in 500 million
They must have switched the bus and the asteroid.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 9:05 pm to hawgfaninc
quote:
Condom use will eventually fail to prevent pregnancy…1 in 10
Bull. shite.
I've used condoms thousands of times and never gotten anyone pregnant.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 9:09 pm to lsuwontonwrap
this is the book the odds came from LINK
Posted on 1/27/15 at 9:11 pm to lsuwontonwrap
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Bull. shite.
I've used condoms thousands of times and never gotten anyone pregnant.
Undefeated coitus interruptus champion from 2003-2013 (retired)
Posted on 1/27/15 at 9:13 pm to GRTiger
quote:
can't imagine this is even close to accurate.
I guess in a per year thing a couple people must die from an asteroid in order to offset something like the India thing.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 9:20 pm to fightin tigers
It must be a semantics error, because an asteroid would kill a lot more than one or a few people. Doesn't it also have to come from a certain place?
Like another poster said, they must mean meteorite.
Like another poster said, they must mean meteorite.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 9:27 pm to northshorebamaman
Isn't it a meteorite when it enters the earth's atmosphere? So getting hit by a meteor would mean you're in space.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 9:28 pm to ruzil
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Isn't it a meteorite when it enters the earth's atmosphere? So getting hit by a meteor would mean you're in space.
That's why I said "whatever you call it". I can't ever remember the difference.
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