Your lifetime odds of dying …

• on a streetcar: 1 in 1,230,975
• through burning or melting of nightwear: 1 in 738,585
• in a discharge of fireworks: 1 in 615,488
• in an earthquake: 1 in 131,890
• through contact with hornets, wasps, or bees: 1 in 85,882
• by lightning: 1 in 83,930
• due to a cave-in or falling earth: 1 in 65,945
• through contact with hot tap water: 1 in 64,788
• in a legal execution: 1 in 58,618
• by falling, jumping, or being pushed from a high place: 1 in 47,960
• while riding an animal: 1 in 31,836
• by drowning in the bathtub: 1 in 11,469
• in a fall involving a bed, a chair, or other furniture: 1 in 5,031

Chance of dying in an assault by firearm: 1 in 325. Of shooting yourself: 1 in 219.