Flying - third most dangerous occupation

In article , Gary L.
Drescher writes
"Roger Long" om wrote in
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Well then, a quarter of us would have the NTSB write our obituary.
Something wrong with these statistics.

The Nall Report is talking about the fatality rate per hour. Commercial
pilots presumably fly more hours per year than recreational pilots, on
average. So commercial pilots may have a higher fatality rate annually,
despite their lower hourly rate.

It is amazing how many misleading statistics there are. One needs sight
of the raw data before coming to any conclusions.

I read that the chance of dying per hour while rock climbing is the same
as just being a man over 70. Does that mean that I should now take up
rock climbing?
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