Infographic: The Everyday Killer
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Here are the sources for our Everyday Killer Infographic:
Plane
- Plane: 271 deaths worldwide in 2016 https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/2535002/the-number-of-people-who-died-in-plane-crashes-in-2016-will-surprise-you-and-not-for-the-reason-you-think/
- between 1958 and 2016 there were 2,785 confirmed unprovoked shark attacks around the world, of which 439 were fatal.[4]
- ^This averages to 7.6 deaths per year in shark attack
- Each year, there are more than 164,000 emergency room-treated injuries and 300 deaths in the U.S. that are caused by falls from ladders. Most ladder deaths are from falls of 10 feet or less. Falls from ladders are the leading cause of deaths on construction sites. https://www.nachi.org/ladder-safety.htm
- 365 deaths “ Every day, nearly 2,000 people are injured while using a ladder. Every day, 100 people suffer a long-term or permanent disability. And every day, one person dies. One mother or father, one daughter or son never returns home. We come to work every day to change that. Every single member of our team understands why we come to work every day and why we do what we do: to prevent injuries and save lives.” https://littlegiantladders.com/
- Typically 0 per year
- Has been used in 2 suicides in that have had chainsaw as an aide https://www.hindawi.com/archive/2015/459697/#B5
- Less than 2,800 chainsaw related injuries to the neck/head region per year. https://www.hindawi.com/archive/2015/459697/#B5
- 1 death in 2017 as a chainsaw kicked back into a tree surgeons neck while he was working and he was left dangling from the rope- dead at the scene. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2871440/tree-surgeon-killed-horror-accident/
- In the US, between 9% and 10% of those struck die, for an average of 40 to 50 deaths per year (28 in 2008)
- 21 deaths in 2016 from faulty parachute http://www.uspa.org/facts-faqs/safety
- 31 U.S. dog bite-related fatalities occurred in 2016. https://www.dogsbite.org/dog-bite-statistics-fatalities-2016.php
- Nationwide, hurricanes annually account for an average of 17 deaths https://www.depts.ttu.edu/nwi/research/DebrisImpact/Reports/DDS.pdf
- 85 people are killed each year by tigers http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-25755104
- Around 50 people die from spider bites every year. http://anonhq.com/19-animals-kill-humans-every-year/
- 65 fatal accidents from 2005-2015 http://www.ihst.org/portals/54/symposium/2016/Presentation%20IHST-CIS_2016.pdf
