“In 2017, the most recent year with available data, nearly 40,000 people in the U.S. died from firearm injuries, more than eight times the number of U.S. military members who died overseas during Operation Iraqi Freedom between 2003 and 2010.”
– Time Magazine, How Likely Is the Risk of Being Shot in America?
Scary Ways to Die Suddenly |
Most Recent Totals |
Odds of being killed this way |
Murders in America |
17,284 2017 |
1 in 18,275 2017 |
Ebola in DR of the Congo |
2,227 2019 |
1 in 38,971 2019 |
Animal Attacks in Australia |
189 2008-2017 |
1 in 402,750 2017 |