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🌊 Drowning vs 🔥 Dying in a fire

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You're 1.39× more likely to drown

than to die in a fire

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 1.39× 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 1.39× more likely to drown (1 in 1,006, lifetime (US)) than to die in a fire (1 in 1,399, lifetime (US)). — How Likely Is That? https://www.howlikelyisthat.com/compare/odds-of-drowning-vs-odds-of-dying-in-a-fire

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