One Million Ways to Die

"Sept. 11, 2001 was undoubtedly one of the darkest and deadliest days in United States history. Al-Qaida's attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center killed 2,976 people, and the country recoiled in horror as we witnessed the death of thousands of Americans when the towers fell."

"But despite the never-ending litany of warnings and endless stories of half-baked plots foiled, how likely are you, statistically speaking, to die from a terrorist attack?"

"In fact, your appendix is more likely to kill you than al-Qaida is."

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/09/71743