I’ve been hesitant to chime in on the Trump Tapes, thinking “What can I add that hasn’t already been said?”. With an eternity of time between now and election day, the revelations from about Trumps womanizing/penchant for sexual assaults will certainly get old.
The Trump campaign has been adept performing the “pivot”, so it won’t be long before we’re backing to talking about the likes of terrorism in general, and ISIS in specific, which have proven to be well received by his supporters.
The question is, do those topics resonate with the few still undecided voters? Or more to the point, should they? While both campaigns talk tough on terror, how much of a threat does it truly pose? That’s something that neither campaign nor the media has done a good job at informing us about, so I decided to spend an hour or so ranking the risk that Americans face from terrorism compared to other risks we face.
Cause of Death | Annual Deaths | Source |
---|---|---|
Terrorism 1995-2014 Annual Average. DOES NOT INCLUDE 9/11 Attacks |
13 | National Consortion for the Study of Terrorism and Responses To Terrorism |
Bee Stings 2001-2013 Annual Average |
58 | Washington Post |
Dogbites 2014 only |
42 | Dogbites.org |
Police Officers in Line of Duty 2006-2015 Annual Average |
50 | BBC News |
Lightning 1984-2013 Annual Average |
52 | USA Today |
Terrorism 1995-2014 Annual Average. INCLUDES 9/11 attacks |
163 | National Consortion for the Study of Terrorism and Responses To Terrorism |
By Police Officer Includes justified and unjustified causes. |
1,537 | Newsweek |
Unintentional Drowning | 3,868 | US Center for Disease Control |
Homicide By firearm |
10,945 | US Center for Disease Control |
Auto Accidents 2000-2014 Annual Average |
38,198 | Wikipedia |
Suicide | 41,149 | US Center for Disease Control |
Drug Overdose All drugs, prescription and illegal |
47,000 | National Safety Council |
Influenza & Pnemonia | 56,979 | US Center for Disease Control |
Accidents (unintentional injuries) | 130,557 | US Center for Disease Control |
Cancer | 595,690 | National Cancer Institute |