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Originally Posted by CDSmith
Link no longer valid. This page might be better...
http://www.squidoo.com/oddsdying
About half-way down the page in the "Fire & Heat" category
"(Chances of dying by) Contact with hot tap-water 1 in 88,335" |
Heh. What are the odds of the site being entirely revamped within hours after me posting the link?
Anyway, new data from the same source:
http://www.nsc.org/news_resources/in...of%20Dying.pdf
Apparently, 2006 was a safer year than 2000 when it comes to deaths from contact with hot tap water... just 32.
Nationmaster still has the old number, 55:
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/mo...-hot-tap-water