Tuesday, December 23, 2008

The future is a shoe being thrown at a human face - forever! — Crooked Timber

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
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
(Via Matt Yglesias.)

What about backcountry skiers?

1 comment:

Peter Norvig said...

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.