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Index of Subjects On motor vehicle accidents, at the time of the horrific 9/11 NY terrorist attack that killed about 3000 people, I think I recall reading that the annual death toll on the roads in USA was running around 46,000, or ~4000 per month. On a related 'animal' theme, there is presumably a much greater chance of being killed by colliding with a moose in your vehicle, but I don't know what the numbers are for Canada or USA. Steve ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quoting soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca: > A neat study. It would be interesting --and not that difficult-- > to compare the chances of being killed by a bear (or cougar or > coyote) in North America compared to being killed by another human > being. Or in a motor vehicle accident. Why do I feel so safe in the > wilderness? > Dusan Soudek > > ---- "Laviolette wrote: >> I find it equally as interesting that during the 110 year period >> that the study looked at, there were only 63 deaths in North >> America. That's about 1 death every two years in the entire >> continent. To put this into context, during a 16 year period >> (1980-1995) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the >> US indicated that 1318 people's deaths were attributed to lightning >> strikes. That's roughly 90 people per year. To put it another way, >> if the figures in the CBC article are correct, it looks like it is >> at least 180 times more likely that you will die from getting hit >> by lightning than being killed by a bear. >> >> All the best, >> >> Lance >> >> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca >> [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Hans Toom >> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 10:17 AM >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> Subject: EXTERNAL: [NatureNS] Another Urban Myth Debunked >> >> We(I) have been led to believe that female bears with cubs are the >> danger to watch out for while hiking the back country. It turns >> out this is completely wrong. 92% of human deaths caused by bears >> has been lone male bears looking for food. Read it here: >> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/story/2011/05/10/calgary-bears-attack-study.html >> >> Hans Toom >> Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada >> http://www.hanstoom.com/
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