Wednesday, November 11, 2009

What Are The Odds?

An interesting website that'll give you the odds on just about anything you can think of.

A few examples from Book of Odds..
1 in 345,100
The odds a person will die from influenza in a year are 1 in 345,100 (US, 2006).

1 in 4.34
The odds an adult will watch an NBA game on TV in a year are 1 in 4.34 (US, 2006).

1 in 14.33
The odds a person will ever be diagnosed with lung cancer are 1 in 14.33 (US, 2002 - 2004.

1 in 5
The odds a country music song in the Top 100 of all time contains a reference to the word "alcohol" are 1 in 5 (US, 5/2003).


1 in 3,222,000
The odds a person will be killed by a hurricane in a year are 1 in 3,222,000 (US, 1995 - 2008).

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