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
    AMERICANSWHO
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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