Your probability of dying during a given year doubles every 8 years.

overall, a comparable number of Americans are crushed to death by their televisions or furniture each year.

70 percent of Americans who the National Sleep Foundation estimates get less than the generally recommended eight hours of sleep per night

The name comes from a joke about a Texan who fires some shots at the side of a barn, then paints a target centered on the biggest cluster of hits and claims to be a sharpshooter

One out of three builders say they lost signed sales contracts during the last half of 2011 because appraisals on their homes were less than the sales price the buyer agreed to, according to the latest data from the National Association of Home Builders.

people who comply with their doctors’ orders when given a prescription are different and healthier than people who don’t.

A micromort is a unit of risk measuring a one-in-a-million probability of death