The future is a shoe being thrown at a human face - forever! — Crooked Timber: [...]Which brings me to the actual topic of the post; a link to a post on my other blog where, in comments, we have been working out job-related mortality rates for a variety of professions.
[...Units: deaths/year-on-the-job...]
President, USA - 2283(Via Matt Yglesias.)
Pope – 2126
Hezbollah, active member – 1000-2000
Prime Minister, UK - 937
Monarch, England/UK – 912
Monarch, France – 890
Soldier, Iraqi Army – 800
Soldier, US Army (while in Iraq, March 2003-March 2006) – 392
Fisherman, Pacific Northwest crab fishing – c400
Timber-cutter – 117
Fisherman, overall – 85
Soldier, US Army – c80
What about backcountry skiers?
1 comment:
Actually, I think that's deaths/100,000 years. I think if 2000 US presidents or popes had been killed per year, it would have made the news or something.
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