One million ways to die

So I've written about St. Francis and artificially created fear today. But is the fear of terror justified? Shouldn't Christians be on board with the idea of making the world safer? OK, suppose we buy that line of reasoning.

Wired's website has an article with some facts:

In the five years since that shattering day [September 11, 2001], the government has spent billions on anti-terrorism projects, instituted a color-coded alert system that has never been green, banned fingernail clippers and water bottles from airplanes, launched a pre-emptive war on false pretenses, and advised citizens to stock up on duct tape and plastic sheeting.

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?

Here's the table, which I'm reproducing right from Wired:

S E V E R E Driving off the road: 254,419 Falling: 146,542 Accidental poisoning: 140,327

H I G H Dying from work: 59,730 Walking down the street: 52,000. Accidentally drowning: 38,302

E L E V A T E D Killed by the flu: 19,415 Dying from a hernia: 16,742

G U A R D E D Accidental firing of a gun: 8,536 Electrocution: 5,171

L O W Being shot by law enforcement: 3,949 Terrorism: 3147 Carbon monoxide in products: 1,554

So, there it is. Let's make the world safer. Who will work to lobby for a Department of Homeland Auto Safety and a Department of Avoiding Poisonous Things at Home?