Some post-lunch / completely OT random fun while I slack off. Here's the top 20 ways to cark-it if you're a while male Seppo -

20 Leading Causes of Death, United States
2003, White, Non-Hispanic, Males

Cause of Death / Number of Deaths

Percentage of All Deaths in all Age Groups:

- All Deaths 956,194 / 100.0%
1 Heart Disease 276,241 / 28.9%
2 Malignant Neoplasms 236,150 / 24.7%
3 Chronic Low. Respiratory Disease 53,593 / 5.6%
4 Unintentional Injury 51,888 / 5.4%
5 Cerebrovascular 48,549 / 5.1%
6 Diabetes Mellitus 25,940 / 2.7%
7 Influenza & Pneumonia 23,541 / 2.5%
8 Suicide 21,085 / 2.2%
9 Alzheimer's Disease 16,427 / 1.7%
10 Nephritis 15,323 / 1.6%
11 Liver Disease 13,254 / 1.4%
12 Septicemia 11,181 / 1.2%
13 Parkinson's Disease 9,303 / 1.0%
14 Aortic Aneurysm 7,731 / 0.8%
15 Pneumonitis 7,454 / 0.8%
16 Benign Neoplasms 5,732 / 0.6%
17 Hypertension 5,673 / 0.6%
18 Atherosclerosis 4,181 / 0.4%
19 Perinatal Period 3,673 / 0.4%
20 Homicide 3,550 / 0.4%
All Others 115,725 / 12.1%

The most interesting stat? You've got a 6 times greater chance of killing youself intentionally than you have of someone else doing it for you.

Does anyone else find this mildly disturbing?