Originally Posted by
cyccommute
The graphic was developed from
this data and only represents the lifetime odds of dying of any single activity...
The graphic is just an easy way of looking at the data. It's also a good way of showing someone how risky one activity is over another...especially if they haven't a clue.
You are right, the posted graph is a simple way of looking at the gathered "data", but does not come close to providing any useful information about the actual risk incurred by participation in any of those activities.
The odds of dying by legal execution is very low for the public at large; the risk for those who participate in the activity are quite high.
Risk is not determined or evaluated by gathering data on the odds of
any single activity occurring in a lifetime, but rather evaluating the likelihood that negative events will occur when (and if) exposed to the "hazard", as well as the likely severity of the negative event.