Originally Posted by The Human Car
While not as nice as the times magazine article I sorted the stats from the National Safety page to see how things line up. It’s interesting to note that death by riding a bike is near as likely as death by riding a plane.
http://www.baltimorespokes.org/artic...61207130021353
One think I want to know in these "stats" is are they comparing deaths of a particular kind to the population at large, or only to those that participate in that activity?
For instance... "death by failed parachute jump" is probably a very minimal chance for most Americans... but if you participate in parachute jumping, your chances obviously go way up. So how are they normalizing these "stats?"