Table 2: Risks 1997 in the US and Colorado—Activities that lead to Accidental Death
| Activity in both the US and Colorado | Fatalities in 1997 | Number of Participants (2) | Annual Risk (3)(annual deaths per million) | Estimated Duration of Risk (4) | Lifetime Risk (deaths in the lifetime of a million persons) | |
| Home Accidents -from falls |
CO | 302 | 3,930,000 | 77 per million Coloradans | 70 yr | 5400 deaths per million Coloradans |
| US | 9,200 | 268,900,000 | 34 per million Americans | 70 yr | 2400 deaths per million Americans | |
| Driving a car -by driver |
CO | 670 | 2,840,000 | 236 per million Colorado drivers | 50 yr | 12,000 deaths per million Colorado drivers |
| US | 43,200 | 181,700,000 | 238 per million American drivers | 50 yr | 12,000 deaths per million American drivers | |
| Pedestrian | CO | 62 | 3,930,000 | 16 per million Coloradans | 70 yr | 1100 deaths per million Coloradans |
| US | 5,700 | 268,900,000 | 21 per million Americans | 70 yr | 1500 deaths per million Americans | |
| Motorcycling -by registered bike (4) |
CO | 19 | 97,500 | 190 per million Colorado motorcycles | 10 yr | 1900 deaths per million motorcycles |
| US | 2,300 | 3,800,000 | 610 per million American motorcycles | 10 yr | 6100 deaths per million motorcycle | |
| Lightning | CO | 6 | 3,930,000 | 1.5 per million Coloradans | 70 yr | 110 deaths per million Coloradans |
| US | 89 | 268,900,000 | 0.3 per million Americans | 70 yr | 21 deaths per million Americans | |
| Ski/Snowboarding Accidents | US | 26 | 54,100,000 skier-visits | 0.5 per million skier visits | 50 yr | 25 deaths per million skier-visits |
| Ski/Snowboarding Accidents | US | 26 | 10,700,000 skiers | 2.4 per million skiers | 50 yr | 120 deaths per million skiers |
- Source of US data is National Safety Council, Accident Facts, 1998 Edition. Itasca, IL. Source of Colorado Data is “Table D22. Deaths from Selected Injury Causes: Colorado Occurrences, 1993 to 1997,” Health Statistics Section, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. National deaths from lightning is an average over the last 40 years. Skiing data is from the National Ski Areas Association (http://www.nsaa.org). The number of skiing fatalities for Colorado in 1997 has not yet been tabulated. A skier visit is one skier skiing one day.
- 1997 US and Colorado population estimates from the US Census Bureau. Number of registered motorcycles from Colorado Department of Revenue: (303)205-5758. Number of licensed Colorado Drivers from the US Department of Transportation: (202)366-6948. Number of skiers only calculated nationally for 1997 by the National Ski Areas Association.
- Annual risk is the number of deaths divided by the number of participants.
- It is assumed that an average person lives 70 years. Some risks, like the risk of dying from an accident in the home, will be faced over an entire lifetime, while other risks are only applicable for a shorter period of time, like driving a car. It is assumed that person will ride a motorcycle for only 10 years.
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