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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.

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