Dicing with death
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Your support makes all the difference.There is, roughly, one death per 15 million car trips in the UK. Here are seven activities that also lead, on average, to one death, in order of danger:
Two million cigarettes smoked per death from lung cancer
Three million acts of unprotected sex per death from Aids
Four million bicycle rides per cyclist killed
10 million flights on a jet aircraft per passenger fatality
25 million beef steaks eaten per death from CJD
30 million walks in the rain per death by lightning
75 million trains boarded per train-crash death
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