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What Is More Likely To Kill You?

[Falling out of bed](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1562978,00.html) kills nearly 600 Americans per year. Cheetah attacks are very rare and mainly happen in captivity, with only [one death](http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/cheetah-kills-woman-in-zoo-cage/2007/02/13/1171128941475.html) reported in recent years.

Falling out of bed

Cheetahs or falling out of bed? 

Around four people per year die from [rollercoaster](http://www.cpsc.gov//PageFiles/108570/amus2003.pdf) accidents. Meanwhile, [baboon](http://www.fao.org/docrep/012/i1048e/i1048e03.pdf)-related deaths are very rare, with less than one person dying from baboon attacks per year.

Rollercoasters! 

Rollercoasters or baboons?

[Icicles](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/7512865/Falling-icicles-kill-record-numbers-in-St-Petersburg.html) kill 100 people a year in Russia alone, while only 51 people per year die worldwide from [lightning](http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/fatalities.htm) world wide.

Icicles

Lightning or icicles?

Out of every [100,000 deaths](http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/accidental-injury.htm), 8.8 occur from falling over, while 11.6 occur from accidental poisoning. Be careful out there!

Accidental poisoning

Accidental poisoning or falling over?

Moose don't tend to go around attacking people, but they do cause a lot of car accidents. In 2007, [six deaths](http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/mythbusters-database/speed-up-when-you-hit-a-moose.htm) were caused by moose car accidents in Alaska alone. Anaconda attacks on humans, meanwhile, are very rare.

Moose

Anacondas or moose?

African [elephants](http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/06/0603_050603_elephants.html) kill more than 500 people a year, while rhino attacks are rare and seldom fatal.

Elephant

Elephants or rhinos?

[Snakes](http://www.toxinology.org/GSI-epidemiology2.htm) kill 20,000 people each year, while [sharks](http://oceana.org/en/our-work/protect-marine-wildlife/sharks/learn-act/shark-attack-statistics) only manage an average of 4.2.

Snakes

Sharks or snakes? 

Obviously volcanoes. [Vending machines](http://www.cpsc.gov/en/newsroom/news-releases/1996/cpsc-soda-vending-machine-industry-labeling-campaign-warns-of-deaths-and-injuries/) only kill about 2 people a year, while on average [volcanoes](http://www.volcanolive.com/fatalities.html) kill 200 per year.

Volcanoes

Volcanoes or vending machines?

[Dog](http://dogbitelaw.com/dog-bite-statistics/dog-bite-statistics.html) bites kill 35 people per year in the US alone, while gorillas don't tend to kill humans. Most gorilla attacks involve [captive gorillas](http://www.nbcnews.com/id/4558461/ns/us_news/t/gorillas-escape-violent-rampage-stun-zoo-officials/#.U-4IL7xdXR0), and there are no reports of deaths in recent years.

Dogs

Dogs or gorillas?

Both animals are pretty deadly but lions kill around 60 people per year in [Tanzania](http://128.150.4.107/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=104360&org=NSF&preview=false) alone. Whereas on average [box jellyfish](http://www.examiner.com/article/the-deadliest-sea-creature-is-the-jellyfish) are responsible for 30 deaths annually.

Lions

Lions or box jellyfish?

As far as we know loom bands have never killed anyone, while falling [coconuts](http://www.unisci.com/stories/20022/0523024.htm) kill 150 per year.

Coconuts

Loom bands or coconuts?

In the US around 100 deaths per year are caused by scalding from [hot taps](http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2013/03/31/hot-tap-water-may-pose-scalding-hazard), while the [American crocodile](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_crocodile#mediaviewer/File:Crocodylus_acutus_mexico_02-edit1.jpg) kills less than two humans per year, on average.

Hot taps

Hot taps or American crocodiles?

Well, actually [autoerotic asphyxiation](http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=51776), which means the act of limiting one's oxygen supply to have a more intense sexual experience. Sadly this goes wrong a lot, claiming as many as 1000 lives each year in the US alone, whereas [cows](http://www.physiciansweekly.com/statistics-cows-vs-great-white-sharks/) only kill about 20 Americans a year.

Jerking off

Jerking off or cows?

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