Been researching terrorism and $$ spent then wondered, how likely is it that any one person in the US will die from a terrorist attack? Here be the numbers. Funny...I'm 8 times more likely to be killed by a cop than die from a terrorist attack. So, my government sponsored Law Enforcement is more dangerous to me than some muslim with a box cutter. Pretty much knew that one already. asssit: You are 17,600 times more likely to die from heart disease than from a terrorist attack You are 12,571 times more likely to die from cancer than from a terrorist attack You are 11,000 times more likely to die in an airplane accident than from a terrorist plot involving an airplane You are 1048 times more likely to die from a car accident than from a terrorist attack You are 404 times more likely to die in a fall than from a terrorist attack You are 87 times more likely to drown than die in a terrorist attack You are 13 times more likely to die in a railway accident than from a terrorist attack You are 12 times more likely to die from accidental suffocation in bed than from a terrorist attack You are 9 times more likely to choke to death on your own vomit than die in a terrorist attack You are 8 times more likely to be killed by a police officer than by a terrorist You are 8 times more likely to die from accidental electrocution than from a terrorist attack You are 6 times more likely to die from hot weather than from a terrorist attack Sources: National Safety Council Estimates; The National Center for Health Statistics; U.S. Census Bureau; Center for Disease Control
