VISUAL COMMUNICATION

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Terrified of bees, snakesand swimming pools?

Thousands of Americans die in accidents every year, but the odds are extremely high that you won’t be

one of them. A look at what killed Americans in 2003, the most recent year for which data are available,

shows that just 4% of fatalities were accidental. So go ahead and take that plane trip or swim in the

ocean. Just be careful out there

Maybe you should worrymore about your heart

Even if you exercise regularly and don’t smoke or drink, you will probably die of a disease.Two

ailments—heart disease and cancer—cause half of all deaths in U.S. Exotic bugs like avian flu and mad

cow disease might grab a lot of headlines, but so far they haven’t killed a single person in the U.S.

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