What are the odds of various bad things happening?
- Any U.S. citizen dying of anything, per year: 1 in 122
- A child being sexually assaulted by a friend or family member (most likely includes statutory rape): 1 in 1,562
- A child being sexually assaulted by a stranger (most likely includes statutory rape): 1 in 4,686
- Any U.S. citizen being murdered: 1 in 19,778
- Being killed by a car as a pedestrian: 1 in 63,912
- Being struck by lightning: 1 in 70,000 a year, 1 in 3,000 over a lifetime
- Any given child being murdered by somebody they know: 1 in 74,293
- Being killed in a motor vehicle accident as a passenger: 1 in 87,863
- Dying during pregnancy or childbirth each year (females only): 1 in 142,336
- Any U.S. citizen being unintentionally killed by a firearm: 1 in 405,670
- Being killed by a car as a bicyclist: 1 in 511,809
- Any U.S. citizen being killed by law enforcement or war: 1 in 600,484
- Any given child being abducted by a stranger, per year: 1 in 646,032