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Dec. 10th, 2004 10:48 amDeaths per day, US:
8340 out of 293,027,5711
Chance of winning the Powerball lottery:
1 in 120,526,7702
0.0000008%(or 1/120526770) into 0.0028461% (or 8340/293027571) = 3430
On any given day, you are 3430 times more likely to die than to win the lottery.
The number of people that die from rabies in the US (per year) is approximately 2, 3 that's pretty close to a one-to one comparison. (Give or take about 18% in favor of rabies.) So your chances of winning the lottery are about as good as they are of dying sometime this year of rabies.
As an interesting side note,
In 1998, 36 people (out of 3.6 million perscriptions) died in a two month period from the initial use of Viagra.4 (17 During or just after intercourse!)
Edit: When I originally posted this , I did the math incorrectly with the "Deaths per thousand" number. So if you looked at this earler, you are actually a thousand times more likely to die than you thought you were. Out! Out! Brief candle!
8340 out of 293,027,5711
Chance of winning the Powerball lottery:
1 in 120,526,7702
0.0000008%(or 1/120526770) into 0.0028461% (or 8340/293027571) = 3430
On any given day, you are 3430 times more likely to die than to win the lottery.
The number of people that die from rabies in the US (per year) is approximately 2, 3 that's pretty close to a one-to one comparison. (Give or take about 18% in favor of rabies.) So your chances of winning the lottery are about as good as they are of dying sometime this year of rabies.
As an interesting side note,
In 1998, 36 people (out of 3.6 million perscriptions) died in a two month period from the initial use of Viagra.4 (17 During or just after intercourse!)
Edit: When I originally posted this , I did the math incorrectly with the "Deaths per thousand" number. So if you looked at this earler, you are actually a thousand times more likely to die than you thought you were. Out! Out! Brief candle!
