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What's most likely to kill you? Measuring how deadly our daily activities are

  • Written by Hassan Vally, Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology, La Trobe University
imageYou're far more likely to drown in the water than get killed by a shark, so why are we more afraid of the latter?from www.shutterstock.com.au

It’s always distressing and tragic when we hear a report of shark attack. But what is the actual likelihood of dying due to a shark encounter in Australia? How concerned about this are you as you go...

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