Cows are more deadly than sharks in the US, causing over 20 times more deaths each year. Stairs and furniture are also surprisingly dangerous, causing more deaths than elevators and falls from significant heights. Scalding from hot tap water also causes around 35 deaths per year.
Cows are more dangerous than sharks, at least in terms of the number of dead bodies. In fact, in the United States alone, cows kill more than 20 times the number of people that sharks kill each year. On average, only one person dies from shark-related injuries in the United States each year, many of which are not the result of deliberate attacks. Sharks simply mistake humans for food and take a bite. Cow-related injuries, however, account for more than 20 deaths a year in the United States, and nearly all result from deliberate attacks.
Most Surprising Assassins:
Stairs are hundreds of times more dangerous than elevators. Only about six people a year die from elevator malfunctions, but more than 2,000 die from falling down stairs.
Even tap water can be dangerous: about 35 people die of scalding from hot tap water every year.
Falling from or onto furniture kills more people each year than falls from significant heights. About 200 more people die each year from falling off a bed or chair or tripping over furniture than from falling off cliffs, buildings or other tall things.
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