Some interesting facts on how likely you or your patients are to die from a given cause this year:

• choking on a non-food object – 1 in 96,300
• drowning in a bathtub – 1 in 724,900
• firearm discharge – 1 in 4,101,000
• contact with a powered lawnmower – 1 in 4,606,000
• strenuous movement – 1 in 23,030,000
• handheld power tool accident – 1 in 24,950,000
• contact with hot food (?) – 1 in 74,850,000
• escalator accident – 1 in 90,470,000
• vending machine accident – 1 in 112,000,000
• win the Powerball (sorry, this won’t kill you) – 1 in 175,223,510
• shark attack – 1 in 251,800,000
• noise exposure (?) – 1 in 281,400,000
• fall from playground equipment – 1 in 299,400,000
• scorpion sting – 1 in 299,400,000