Author Bob Phillips crunches the numbers to provide an exhaustive analysis of risk from the cradle to the grave.
* Reveals how much safer it is to be a woman than a man.
* Points out hazards like shark attacks that were very scared of despite their rarity.
* Discusses risk management and alternative approaches to risk, as well as groups particularly at risk and global risks.
* Covers the various threats to life and limb that we encounter due to misadventure, disease, lifestyle choices, and everything in between. Find out your chances of meeting disaster and discord.
* Complete with references and tables.
