| Occupation | fatalities per 100,000/year | Chance of death in 40 years |
| Fishing | 151.2 | 6.0% |
| Timber | 127.8 | 5.1% |
| Mining | 109.7 | 4.4% |
| Overall Average | 4.3 | 0.2% |
| Activity | Death danger |
| Long term smoking | ~50% chance of early death |
| Climb Everest before 1990 | 37% per summit |
| Climb Everest after 1990 | 4% per summit |
| Astronaught before 2004 | >1% per flight |
| Own a Motorcycle (avg. 2351 miles/year) | 1% in 15 years |
| cave diving | |
| surfing really big waves | |
| sailing trip around the world | |
| spelunking | |
| african safaries | |
| sky dive | |
| scuba diving | |
| river rafting | |
| boat trip to antartica | |
| learning to fly | |
| driving a car | |
| catching the flu |