WHAT R THE ODDS?

It's difficult, in the wake of recent years' news stories about shark attacks, not to hear that telltale theme song
 in your head as you head to the beach.
 But according to the International Shark Attack File, in 2002, for example,
 there were only 63 unprovoked shark attacks on humans, 47 of which occurred in the United States.

Forty-seven attacks out of a population of about 300 million.
 This means the odds of being attacked by a shark in the United States are roughly 1 in 6 million.
you're more likely to die from a fall down the stairs than be attacked by a shark.

 According to the National Safety Council, your odds of dying from a fall down the stairs are about 1 in 200,000.

 you're more likely to die from a sting from a hornet,
 wasp or bee than be attacked by a shark.
 According to the National Safety Council,
 your odds of dying from a bite from a hornet,
 wasp or bee are about 1 in 5.9 million.

you're more likely to die from a lightning strike than be attacked by a shark.
 According to the National Safety Council, your odds of dying from a
 lightning strike are about 1 in 4.3 million.

you're more likely to drown in your bathtub than be attacked by a shark.
 According to the National Safety Council, your odds of drowning in
 your bathtub are about 1 in 800,000.

you're more likely to be attacked by a shark than die from an adverse reaction to antibiotics.
 According to the National Safety Council, your odds of dying from an adverse reaction to antibiotics
 are only about 1 in 7 million.

you're more likely to be killed by a falling object than be attacked by a shark.
 According to the National Safety Council, your odds of being killed by a falling object are about 1 in 400,000.

you're more likely to be killed by an agricultural machine than be attacked by a shark.
 According to the National Safety Council, your odds of being killed by an agricultural machine are 1 in 500,000.
 
you're more likely to be attacked by a shark than win your state lottery.
 According to Jefferson Hane Weaver's What Are the Odds?:
 The Chances of Extraordinary Events in Everyday Life (Prometheus Books, 2002),
 your average odds of winning your state lottery are only about 1 in 14 million.

you're more likely — much, much more likely — to die in a motor vehicle accident
 than be attacked by a shark.
 According to the National Safety Council,
 your odds of dying in a motor vehicle accident are 1 in 6,000.