With all the hyperventilating in this section over the past few weeks... I thought I would provide some interesting ODDS from an American site. One would assume the odds in Canada are even less:
- Odds of bowling a 300 game: 11,500 to 1
- Odds of getting a hole in one: 5,000 to 1
- Odds of getting canonized: 20,000,000 to 1
- Odds of being an astronaut: 13,200,000 to 1
- Odds of winning an Olympic medal: 662,000 to 1
- Odds of injury from fireworks: 19,556 to 1
- Odds of injury from shaving: 6,585 to 1
- Odds of injury from using a chain saw: 4,464 to 1
- Odds of injury from mowing the lawn: 3,623 to 1
- Odds of fatally slipping in bath or shower: 2,232 to 1
- Odds of drowning in a bathtub: 685,000 to 1
- Odds of being killed on a 5-mile bus trip: 500,000,000 to 1
- Odds of being killed sometime in the next year in any sort of transportation accident: 77 to 1
- Odds of being killed in any sort of non-transportation accident: 69 to 1
- Odds of being struck by lightning: 576,000 to 1
- Odds of being killed by lightning: 2,320,000 to 1
- Odds of being murdered: 18,000 to 1
- Odds of getting away with murder: 2 to 1
- Odds of being the victim of serious crime in your lifetime: 20 to 1
- Odds of dating a supermodel: 88,000 to 1
- Odds that a first marriage will survive without separation or divorce for 15 years: 1.3 to 1
- Odds of getting hemorrhoids: 25 to 1
- Odds of being born a twin in North America: 90 to 1
- Odds of being on plane with a drunken pilot: 117 to 1
- Odds of having your identity stolen: 200 to 1
- Odds of dating a millionaire: 215 to 1
- Odds of dating a supermodel: 88,000 to 1
- Odds of finding out your child is a genius: 250 to 1
- Odds of catching a ball at a major league ballgame: 563 to 1
- Odds of finding a four-leaf clover on first try: 10,000 to 1
- Odds of getting a royal flush in poker on first five cards dealt: 649,740 to 1
- Odds of spotting a UFO today: 3,000,000 to 1
- Odds of becoming a saint: 20,000,000 to 1
- Odds of a meteor landing on your house: 182,138,880,000,000 to 1
- Chance of dying from any kind of injury during the next year: 1 in 1,820
- Chance of dying from intentional self-harm: 1 in 9,380
- Chance of dying from an assault: 1 in 16,421
- Chance of dying from a car accident: 1 in 18,585
- Chance of dying from any kind of fall: 1 in 20,666
- Chance of dying from accidental drowning: 1 in 79,065
- Chance of dying from exposure to smoke, fire, and flames: 1 in 81,524
- Chance of dying in an explosion: 1 in 107,787
- Chance that Earth will experience a catastrophic collision with an asteroid in the next 100 years: 1 in 5,000
- Chance of dying in such a collision: 1 in 20,000
- Chance of dying from exposure to forces of nature (heat, cold, lightning, earthquake, flood): 1 in 225,107
- Chance of dying in an airplane accident: 1 in 354,319
- Chance of dying from choking on food: 1 in 370,035
- Chance of dying in a terrorist attack while visiting a foreign country: 1 in 650,000
- Chance of dying in a fireworks accident: 1 in 1,000,000
- Chance of dying from food poisoning: 1 in 3,000,000
- Chance of dying from contact with hot tap water: 1 in 5,005,564
- Chance of dying from parts falling off an airplane: 1 in 10,000,000
- Chance of dying from ignition or melting of nightwear: 1 in 30,589,556
- Chance of dying from being bitten by a dog: 1 in 700,000
- Chance of dying from contact with a venomous animal or plant: 1 in 3,441,325
- Chance of dying from being bitten or struck by mammals (other than dogs or humans): 1 in 4,235,477
- Chance of dying from a shark attack: 1 in 300,000,000
- Chance of having a stroke: 1 in 6
- Chance of dying from heart disease: 1 in 3
- Chance of getting arthritis: 1 in 7
- Chance of suffering from asthma or allergy diseases: 1 in 6
- Chance of getting the flu this year: 1 in 10
- Chance of contracting the human version of mad cow disease: 1 in 40,000,000
- Chance of a man developing cancer in his lifetime: 1 in 2
- Chance of a woman developing cancer in her lifetime: 1 in 3
- Chance of getting prostate cancer: 1 in 6
- Chance of getting breast cancer: 1 in 9
- Chance of getting colon / rectal cancer: 1 in 26
- Chance of beating pancreatic or liver cancer: 1 in 9
- Chance of beating thyroid or testicular cancer: 9 in 10
