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⚡ Struck by lightning vs 🌊 Drowning

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You're 15.2× more likely to drown

than to be struck by lightning

How we calculated this

Each figure is “1 in X.” The larger X is the rarer event. Dividing that number by the more common one gives the multiplier: you're 15.2× more likely to drown. When the periods differ, this is a raw ratio of those figures, not a lifetime-normalized risk.

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You're 15.2× more likely to drown (1 in 1,006, lifetime (US)) than to be struck by lightning (1 in 15,300, lifetime (US)). — How Likely Is That? https://www.howlikelyisthat.com/compare/odds-of-being-struck-by-lightning-vs-odds-of-drowning

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