There were 1,307 deaths by stairs in the year 2000.
If you divide by the total population, you have a 1 in 210,640 chance per year.
If you then divide by the average life expectancy, it's a 1 in 2,739 chance per lifetime.
The elderly are most likely to die by this since old people are fragile.
Around 12,000 people die in the U.S. each year from falling down stairs, making it a leading cause of accidental injuries and fatalities. Most of these deaths occur in older adults.
Infinitesimal.
There are seven different week days; the probability of any specific date falling on any given week day (for a year chosen at random) are 1/7.The odds of September 7 falling on a Tuesday are exactly 14%.(In the Julian calendar, the odds are exactly 1/7.)
The odds of death involving elevators is usually very low because of the security measures that has been put in place.
Love against all odds and death.
(1/5)*(1/4) = 1/20 the odds of a quarter falling out, multiplied by the odds of a quarter falling out after a single quarter has fallen out
MacGruder and Loud - 1985 Odds Favor Death 1-4 was released on: USA: 5 February 1985
Yes, although the odds are very low. I am a forensics consultant and I am aware of one incident in the 1980's where a sun catcher focused sunlight and caught carpet on stairs on fire (which subsequenly burned the house down.)
Because you can only double down on your first action, the odds of getting a face card are 4/48 or 1/12
The odds of your car breaking down vary greatly with the age of the car, the type of vehicle, the driving conditions, and even the weather. Newer vehicles have less of a chance of a breakdown as do well-maintained vehicles. There is no way to gather the odds of a random vehicle breaking down.
Ask him. The odds are definitely in your favor.
Exactly 14% of all September 13ths are Mondays in the Gregorian calendar.