Stats on real danger surrounding us

Great stats. There's definitely a difference between being secure and feeling secure. As humans, our emotions play a major role in decision making and deciding what to fear and what not to fear. Based on the stats from this article, here's the rundown on top 10:

1. cigarettes
2. poor diet and sedentary lifestyle
3. drinking
4. medical errors e.g. botched procedures, mis-prescribed drugs
5. a co-worker with an infection
6. Toxic Agents e.g. asbestos in our ceiling, lead in our pipes, etc.
7. car crashes (more than half die due to not wearing seat belts)
8. commit suicide by intention
9. STDs
10. being murdered (often by a relative or close friend)

The list is followed by drug overdose, occupational trauma, drowning etc. Based on this data, should we fear more from ourselves and decisions we make than terrorists and natural disasters (global warming, earthquakes, storms, etc.)?

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