Progress - You're Now More Likely to Die From Swallowing Your Own Vomit than From Murder

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By Hamilton Nolan Jan 11, 2012 5:00 PM

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You’re Now More Likely to Die From Swallowing Your Own Vomit than From Murder

Outstanding news, terrified Americans who watch too many fearmongering cable news crime stories: for the first time in nearly 50 years, homicide is not one of the top 15 causes of death in America. First a black president, and now this! Why, it's damn near impossible to get anyone to kill you these days. America is a safety festival, and everyone under the age of 75 is invited.

Homicide was overtaken at No. 15 by pneumonitis, seen mainly in people 75 and older. It happens when food or vomit goes down the windpipe and causes deadly damage to the lungs.

That is actually worse than homicide.

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