430,000 deaths are caused by smoking each year.
Hippos cause 2,900 deaths per year. Source: buzzfeed.com; oddeee.com
20 to 500 deaths a year
Around 5.4 million deaths a year are caused by tobacco.
It is not known how many deaths are caused by artichokes every year. It is possible that artichokes do not cause any deaths.
Approximately 400,000 each year in the US.
On average tornadoes cause 60 deaths and and about $500 million dollars in damage each year.
Based on U.S. statistics about 2% of tornadoes cause deaths which works out to about 25 killer tornadoes in an average year.
about 10,000
On average tornadoes cause 60 deaths and 1,500 injuries each year.
Tobacco products cause more deaths annually in the US than deaths from car accidents, drug & alcohol abuse, HIV, suicides and murders combined. 443,000 preventable deaths according to the Center for Disease Control in statistics taken from the years 2000 to 2004. This figure includes deaths from second hand smoke (49,400) That equals 1 out of 5 deaths. See CDC link below for more info.
Tobacco: An estimated 8 million people die each year from tobacco-related causes, which would equate to roughly 80 million deaths over the last ten years globally. Alcohol: Globally, alcohol is estimated to be responsible for around 3 million deaths each year, so approximately 30 million deaths would be attributed to alcohol over the past decade.