Let’s talk about the subjects most people immediately shy away from: Death & Serious Injuries. They are a part of our lives (at least at the end) but still a rather gruesome topic for discussion. For years I loved reading about the endless stupid deaths reported by the Darwin Awards and found them sad but still a little humorous at times. My goal in life was never to be mentioned in the Darwin Awards by dying in a stupid fashion. I realize that’s an odd thing to have on a bucket list but it’s still on mine. Here are a few trivia tidbits (both old and new) that might interest you on deaths and serious injuries.
- Boating accidents claim an average of 700 lives each year.
- Since 1924, 13 people have been killed in Pamplona, Spain’s annual “Running of the Bulls”.
- From 1982 to 1997, cheerleading accounted for 57% of the catastrophic injuries and fatalities among young female athletes.
- From 1973 to 1975 there were 81 known fatalities from hang-gliding,
- In the United States, at least seven fatalities and numerous severe injuries have been reported among bungee jumpers using a hot air balloons as a platform.
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- In 2007, 45 people were struck and killed by lightning in the United States, a quarter of them in or near water.
- Each year about 50-70 confirmed shark attacks occur. 5-15 shark attack fatalities occur around the world.
- There were 850 hunting accidents in this country in 2002, more than 10% of them were fatalities.
- Once at the Middle Tennessee District Fair in Lawrenceburg, a 60-year-old woman was severely injured when she fell 30 feet from the top of Ferris wheel and landed on the spokes close to the center wheel axle.
- Once a Washington, D.C. based study on the correlation between admissions to emergency rooms and outcomes from Washington Redskins football games showed that admissions of female victims of stabbings, gunshots, assaults, and other violence actually increases when the team wins.
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