In a concurrent thread "Relative risks" VinceInMT contrasts the anxiety that a cancer diagnosis can bring, including the thought that one may possibly die from the disease, with the everyday, and likely less thought about
, possibility of being struck by a car.
I came away from reading his thread with the thought that, yes, statistically speaking, something like a fatal car accident probably is in fact a greater threat to most of our lives than PCa.
But how much so? So, out of curiosity I searched the web a bit and found the article below, one of many like it, that does address the issue of what we
think is going to kill us, versus what is actually
more likely to do so.
It's short, and has a cleverly presented animated graphic (do take a look at it, I hadn't seen one that operates quite the way it does) on (1) what we think is going to kill us (2) what the media suggest is going to kill us, and (3) what is in fact far more likely to do so.
A quick, but interesting, read.
digg.com/2018/cause-of-death-expectations-vs-reality-visualized