Mortality Rates

[Nerull]

The sort of thing I do when I'm bored at work...

Came across this website about statistics pertaining to nations of the world. It's all quite interesting, but I found some of the mortality rates to be particularly entertaining:

Mortality Statistics

• In Mexico, 3 people a year die of acne. Not sure how that works.
• Mexico has the most deaths from Alcoholic Liver Disease, followed closely by the US.
• Brazilians have the most deaths by assault with a blunt object (by far); assault with a sharp object; assault with a handgun; assault by bodily force; assault by corrosive substance; and assault by steam, hot vapours, and hot objects. Remind me to cancel my vacation plans in Brazil.
• 5 people a year, worldwide, die from being bitten by a rat.
• 27 people a year in the US die from contact with a powered lawnmower, compared with Japan (#2) with 3. We da best.
• 213 people a year die from contact with scorpions. Look out Kerberoz!
• 1616 people a year die from falling out of bed, 450 of those in the US. Are people sleeping on balconies, or what?
• 34 people a year die from "flatulence and related conditions." Does "related conditions" refer to the innocent bystanders caught in the blast?
• US has 2989 deaths a year from obesity, in the lead by far. Nice to know there's something in which we will always be #1.
• 11 people a year die of "testicular dysfunction." I'm not sure what that means, but I don't think I want to know.
• etc.

[arus2001]

1616 people a year die from falling out of bed, 450 of those in the US. Are people sleeping on balconies, or what?

More than likely elderly breaking bones and other resulting internal injuries. Though, I'm sure there's the occasional freak accident where someone falls off their bed and gets stabbed by a fork or something they had on the floor. Kids and bunk beds, too.

[Cantih]

• 11 people a year die of "testicular dysfunction." I'm not sure what that means, but I don't think I want to know.

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[Plow]

The sort of thing I do when I'm bored at work...

Came across this website about statistics pertaining to nations of the world. It's all quite interesting, but I found some of the mortality rates to be particularly entertaining:

Mortality Statistics

• In Mexico, 3 people a year die of acne. Not sure how that works.

I'd guess staph infections. I don't even want to think about how bad that would be.

[BaneTheBrawler]

I saw something similar to this with those same statistics. Included was some number of people (I forget how many) dying to Vending Machines. I'm not sure how that would work. Hitting it and it falling on them? Getting their arm stuck while trying to steal and starving to death?

[hey]

I'm not sure how that would work. Hitting it and it falling on them? Getting their arm stuck while trying to steal and starving to death?

You're a little more sure than you think.

Idk how someone would starve to death at a vending machine though. Can survive a good week without food/water, in which time surely someone would come by to help (if not, why the fuck would there be a vending machine there? and how was it stocked?).

But yes, people will tilt them over to steal from them, and then drop it on top of themselves.

[Qalbert]

Severe lacerations?

[Sqwunk]

The sort of thing I do when I'm bored at work...

Came across this website about statistics pertaining to nations of the world. It's all quite interesting, but I found some of the mortality rates to be particularly entertaining:

Mortality Statistics

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Something you might find interesting, certain animals mortality rates go down, the older they get, like sharks, crocs, whales, etc. The older they get, the bigger, and less likely they are to die.

[Valkrish]

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[recuperi]

I'd guess staph infections. I don't even want to think about how bad that would be.

If thats what it is, then all it would take is for the infection to get into your bloodstream and land in the wrong spot. Didn't know that many people actually had that problem yearly though, usually easily treated

[Priran]

Something you might find interesting, certain animals mortality rates go down, the older they get, like sharks, crocs, whales, etc. The older they get, the bigger, and less likely they are to die.

this is the case with lots of animals.

[Kerberoz]

Giant sea turtles pretty much only die within their first year or their 400th+ year.

[Restrat]

probably some people are allergic

[Kerberoz]

Babies, old people, full-blown AIDS patients, heart disease, malnutrition/dehydration. There are practically zero deaths in healthy adults. Allergic reactions are very rare, as the venom is optimized for paralyzing/killing invertebrates, and in mammals mostly just overloads pain receptors. Same for spiders/centipedes. Bee venom triggers allergies easily due to the histamines it contains, and most of the dangerous snake venoms paralyze the heart/lungs.

[Indalecia]

Here ya go

http://www.poodwaddle.com/clocks/worldclock/

[Heavencloud]

Here ya go

http://www.poodwaddle.com/clocks/worldclock/

Check out cardiovascular deaths... this is why I need to be a cardiologist, shit.

[Indalecia]

I should too, tbh. Family history and all that.

[Tricen]

Babies, old people, full-blown AIDS patients, heart disease, malnutrition/dehydration. There are practically zero deaths in healthy adults. Allergic reactions are very rare, as the venom is optimized for paralyzing/killing invertebrates, and in mammals mostly just overloads pain receptors. Same for spiders/centipedes. Bee venom triggers allergies easily due to the histamines it contains, and most of the dangerous snake venoms paralyze the heart/lungs.

I dunno, my friend bought an egyptian fat tailed scorpion and he says they are pretty dangerous if you get stung a few times. He is a stoner too so sometimes he scares me lol

[Moss]

I dunno, my friend bought an egyptian fat tailed scorpion and he says they are pretty dangerous if you get stung a few times. He is a stoner too so sometimes he scares me lol

stoned scorpions are the worst

[Kerberoz]

I dunno, my friend bought an egyptian fat tailed scorpion and he says they are pretty dangerous if you get stung a few times. He is a stoner too so sometimes he scares me lol

Did he really use the folk name? lol, probably trying to impress you.