These aren't
really funny, but I did find them interesting. I
researched a few of them that were easy to research and the sources
panned out, so I pass these along as interesting reading...for those
who want to be an actuary when they grow up.....
The odds are 1 out of 1,111,111 (.00009%) that you will die in an
avalanche in the next decade.
-
Discover Magazine, 1/08
The odds are 1 out of 88,025 (.001136%) that you will die in an
avalanche in the next decade, if you live in Colorado.
- Discover Magazine, 1/08
The odds are 73 out of 100 (73%) that you (as an American) favor the
elimination of all nuclear weapons in the world.
- San Diego Union, 11/15/07
The odds are 1 out of 3 (33%) that you think you are "extremely
stressed".
- New York
Times, 10/26/07
The odds are 1 out of 7 (14%) that you think you saw a UFO.
- The Week Magazine, 11/9/07
The odds are 1 out of 4 (24%) that you think the Internet can serve as
a substitute for a spouse or significant other.
- The Week Magazine, 11/9/07
The odds are 1 out of 3 (34%) that you believe in ghosts.
- The Week Magazine, 11/9/07
The odds are 1 in 4800 (.021%) that if you're a pregnant American
woman, you will die in childbirth.
-
Time Magazine, 10/29/07
The odds are 1 in 7 (14.3%) that if you're a pregnant woman in Niger,
you will die in childbirth.
-
Time Magazine, 10/29/07
The odds are 1 out of 1,743 (.0573%) that you will die in an accident
this year.
- Discover
Magazine, 11/07
The odds are 1 out of 8 (12.5%) that you leave home for your commute to
work before 6 a.m. to beat traffic.
-
The Week Magazine, 9/28/07
The odds are 1 out of 2 (45.9%) that you do some volunteer work each
year if you live in Utah.
-
Time Magazine, 9/10/07
The odds are 1 out of 4 (24%) that you live in a home without access to
a fire hydrant.
- The
Week Magazine, 9/7/07
The odds are 1 out of 7 (15.3%) that you do not have health insurance.
- Time Magazine, 9/10/07
The odds are 1 out of 25 (4%) that you (as an American adult) have
never had sex.
- Time
Magazine, 8/13/07
The odds are 1 out of 83 (1.2%) that you are dependent on drugs to get
you through the day.
-
Time Magazine, 7/16/07
The odds are 1 out of 5 (20%) that you have tried cocaine at some point
in your life (if you are between 20 and 49 years old).
- San Diego Union, 7/10/07
The odds are 8 out of 10 (80%) that you are dependent on coffee or soda
for that caffeine every day.
-
Time Magazine, 7/16/07
The odds are 1 out of 13 (7.7%) that you are dependent on alcohol to
get you through the day.
-
Time Magazine, 7/16/07
The odds are 1 out of 428 (.233%) that you were arrested for
marijuana-related offenses in 2006.
-
The Week Magazine, 7/20/07
The odds are 1 out of 4 (25%) that you work at a job where you never
get a paid day off.
-
Time Magazine, 7/2/07
The odds are 1 out of 7 (15%) that you have a tattoo.
- The Week Magazine, 7/13/07
The odds are 1 out of 5 (17%) that you regret getting your tattoo if
you have one.
- The Week
Magazine, 7/13/07
The odds are 1 out of 38 (2.6%) that you were a victim of a violent
crime in 2006 if you live in Flint, Michigan.
- Time Magazine, 6/18/07
The odds are 1 out of 1,428 (.07%) that you were a victim of a violent
crime in 2006 if you live in Irvine, California.
- Time Magazine, 6/18/07
The odds are 1 out of 8 (11.63%) that you live in an area threatened by
an Atlantic hurricane.
-
San Diego Union, 6/11/07
The odds are 3 out of 10 (30%) that you plan to take sick days this
summer to go to the beach or go shopping.
- The Week Magazine, 6/15/07
The odds are 1 out of 10,000 (.001%) that you will get injured by a
toilet this year.
- San
Diego Union, 5/29/07
The odds are 3 out of 4 (75%) that you forbid smoking in your home.
- Winston-Salem Journal, 5/25/07
The odds are 1 out of 170,000 (.000587%) that you will be killed in an
auto accident caused by a laptop computer related distraction.
- San Diego Union, 6/12/07
The odds are 1 out of 6,000 (.0016%) that you are a practicing nudist
(and you are a member of the American Association for Nude Recreation).
- The Week
Magazine, 5/25/07
The odds are 1 out of 17,857 (.0056%) that you will be murdered this
year. If you're a resident of Nevada, the odds are 1 out of 11,682
(.00856%).
- Time
Magazine, 4/9/07
The odds are 1 out of 14 (7.3%) that you contributed the $3 on your
2006 tax return to help finance presidential campaigns.
- The Week Magazine, 5/4/07
The odds are 1 out of 3,000 (.03333%) that you will die having an
adverse reaction to a prescription drug.
- San Diego Union, 5/15/07
The odds are 1 out of 7,143 (.014%) that you have a brain tumor.
- North County Times, 4/8/07
The odds are 1 out of 7.69 (13%) that you have never heard of global
warming.
- Discover
Magazine, 4/07
The odds are 19 out of 20 (95%) that you procrastinate occasionally.
- News.com, 1/11/07
The odds are 1 out of 16,917 (.005911%) that you will be murdered this
year.
- Time Magazine,
12/4/06
The odds are 1 out of 33,333 (.003%) that you will die from a
food-borne illness this year. - San Diego Union, 2/6/07
The odds are 1 out of 6,703 (.014919%) that you will die in a
motor-vehicle accident this year.
-
Time Magazine, 12/4/06
The odds are almost 2 out of 3 (63%) that you're rather be poor and
thin than rich and fat (if you're an American woman).
- The Week Magazine, 12/29/06
The odds are 1 out of 900,900 (.000111%) that you will drown in the
bathtub this year.
-
Time Magazine, 12/4/06
The odds are 1 out of 414 (.2413%) that you rely on eBay for your
primary or secondary source of income.
- USPS.com, 7/21/05
The odds are 1 out of 438(.2284%) that you will die from heart disease
this year.
- Time
Magazine, 12/4/06
The odds are 37 out of 100 (37%) that a baby born in 2005 was born to
an unwed mother.
- The
Week Magazine, 12/15/06
The odds are 1 out of 1,020 (.098%) that a North Dakotan will be a
victim of violent crime.
-
Time Magazine, 12/18/06
The odds are 1 out of 1,360 (.0735%) that a resident of New Orleans
will be murdered this year.
-
The Week Magazine, 12/15/06
The odds are 1 out of 131 (.761%) that a South Carolinian will be a
victim of violent crime.
-
Time Magazine, 12/18/06
The odds are 1 out of 8 (12.5%) that you are addicted to the Internet,
risking jobs and relationships to spend more time online.
- Popular Science, 1/07
The odds are 1 out of 300,000,000 (.000000333%) that you will die from
measles this year.
-
Time Magazine, 12/4/06
The odds are 1 out of 26,239 (.003811%) that you will be killed this
year by an AK-47 automatic weapon.
-
The Week Magazine, 12/8/06
The odds are 1 out of 4,545,454 (.000022%) that you will die from a bee
or wasp sting this year.
-
Time Magazine, 12/4/06
The odds are 1 out of 5,898 (.01695%) that an American got sick or died
in 2000-2004 from something they ate.
- Anchorage Daily News, 11/21/06
The odds are 1 out of 83 (1.2%) that you are a millionaire.
- The Week Magazine, 12/1/06
The odds are 1 out of 32 (3.125%) that a person in America is currently
being punished for a crime (behind bars, on probation, or on parole).
- San Diego Union, 11/30/06
The odds are 1 out of 29,180 (.0034274%) that your child will be
involved in a school bus accident this year.
- The Week Magazine, 11/17/06
The odds are 1 out of 4 (25%) that a person in America gets no exercise
at all.
- San Diego
Union, 9/12/06
The odds are 1 out of 825 (.1212%) that an American lives in a
household that earns more than $2 million each year.
- The Week Magazine, 12/8/06
The odds are 1 out of 37,888 (.002639%) that you will turn 50 years old
today.
- Time Magazine,
8/21/06
The odds are 1 out of 48 (2.067%) that you have diabetes but don't know
it.
- San Diego Union,
11/28/06
The odds are 1 out of 7 (14.2%) that you visited New York City last
year.
- The Week
Magazine, 9/22/06
The odds are 1 out of 150 (.66%) that a person in America is in jail.
- 30 Days (FX TV), 8/30/06
The odds are (starting in 2011) 1 out of 30,000 (.00333%) that you will
celebrate your 65th birthday today.
-
San Diego Union, 11/28/06
The odds are 1 out of 238 (.42%) that a person will die in an auto
accident in their lifetime.
-
National Safety Council, 8/06
The odds are 1 out of 290 (.35%) that a person in America is an illegal
alien.
- Time Magazine,
9/4/06
The odds are 8 out of 10 (80%) that you will die in a hospital.
- Discover Magazine, 9/06
The odds are 1 out of 150 (.66%) that you use cocaine "frequently",
according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
- Red Herring Magazine, 8/14/06
The odds are 1 out of 1,000 (.0977%) that you will have a shopping cart
injury serious enough to warrant an emergency room visit, if you're a
child under 5.
- San
Diego Union, 8/15/06
The odds are 1 out of 550 (.183%) that you will have a severe stroke
this year.
- Discover
Magazine, 6/06
The odds are 1 out of 500 (.2%) that you visited Graceland last year.
- Time Magazine, 5/29/06
The odds are 1 out of 4,745 (.021%) that you will die falling out of
bed.
- Blender Magazine,
4/06
The odds are 1 out of 16 (7%) that if you live in the United States,
you live in the New York City metropolitan area.
- The Week Magazine, 5/19/06
The odds are 1 out of 694 (.144%) that you ran a marathon in 2005.
- Time Magazine, 8/28/06
The odds are 2 out of 3 (65%) that you cannot find Iraq on a map, if
you are between age 18 to 24.
- CNN.com, 5/4/06
The odds are 1 out of 2 (50%) that if you're a smoker who has been
diagnosed with cancer, you will continue to smoke.
- USAToday, 11/27/05
The odds are 2 out of 5 (38%) that if you called in sick (in 2004), you
weren't actually sick.
-
Chicago Tribune, 9/25/05
The odds are 1 out of 340,734 (.000293%) that a person will die in a
fireworks accident.
-
National Safety Council, 8/06
The odds are 1 out of 2 (54%) that you've been caught picking your nose
while driving, if you're a man.
-
Stuff Magazine, 5/06
The odds are 1 out of 4 (25%) that if you played in the 2005 Super
Bowl, you weighed 300 pounds or more. Twenty years ago, there were only
a total of five NFL players who weighed 300 pounds.
- Miami Herald, 2/1/05
The odds are 1 out of 9 (10.65%) that, if you're an American, you
bought an iPod in 2005.
-
Blender Magazine, 4/06
The odds are 1 out of 5 (20%) that if you're eating out, your
restaurant meal is purchased from a car.
- Life Magazine, 3/10/06
The odds are 4 out of 9 (44%) that if you're a federal employee, you're
eligible to retire within five years.
- Time Magazine, 12/12/05
The odds are 1 out of 4,666 (.0021432%) that you will be sued by the
RIAA for illegal filesharing.
-
Blender Magazine, 4/06
The odds are 1 out of 6 (16%) that if you're an adult living in
Arizona, you have been the victim of identity theft sometime in the
past five years.
-
Network World, 6/5/06
The odds are 1 out of 5 (20%) that you will "happily" interrupt a
business or social meeting to respond to a telephone call or e-mail
message.
- Discover
Magazine, 8/05
The odds are 9 out of 10 (91%) that 91% you have a living grandmother,
if you're a 20 year old. A century ago, only 83% of 20-year-olds had a
living mother, much less a living grandmother.
- Los Angeles Daily News, 7/16/05
The odds are 1 out of 1275 (.0783%) that you will be hospitalized with
a traumatic brain injury this year.
-
Discovery Magazine, 6/06
The odds are 1 out of 5 (20%) that you believe the best way to get rich
is to win the lottery.
-
Yahoo News, 1/9/06
The odds are 1 out of 200 (.5%) that you will turn up missing this
year, if you're an Alaskan.
-
Boston Globe, 3/13/05
The odds are 4 out of 5 (80%) that if you're in a car accident, it
involves drivers who are either drowsy or distracted by such activities
as chatting on cell phones, eating, or putting on makeup.
- Washington Post, 4/20/06
The odds are 9 out of 9 (100%) that the winning quarterback in Super
Bowl 6 through Super Bowl 14 wore the jersey number 12.
- Sporting News, 3/17/06
The odds are 1 out of 4 (25%) that if you own a PDA, you have lost it
at least once.
- USA
Today, 3/28/05
The odds are 1 out of 6 (18%) that you will mow your lawn this weekend.
- US News and
World Report, 5/16/05
The odds are 1 out of 5 (20%) that you will have a car crash within the
first year of driving (if you are 16 years old).
- USA Today, 3/2/05
(all
facts assume the reader is an American)