What The Odds Are…
–The Chances you will eventually die in a car crash: 1 in 125
–Develop a brain tumor: 1 in 25,000
–Die in a fire this year: 1 in 4,000,000
–Win a state lottery jackpot: 1 in 4,000,000 (from Harper Perennial, 1992)
–Chances of your being killed by terrorists overseas: 1 in 650,000
–Chances of your being aborted if you are in the womb of an American woman: 1 in 3.3
(From WHAT ARE THE CHANCES? By Bernard Siskin, Crown, 1989)