From the New York Times science section:
Although it’s impossible to calculate the pain that terrorist attacks inflict on victims and society, when statisticians look at cold numbers, they have variously estimated the chances of the average person dying in America at the hands of international terrorists to be comparable to the risk of dying from eating peanuts, being struck by an asteroid or drowning in a toilet.
(emphasis mine)
The rest of the article is more serious, telling you that panicking over terrorism might hurt you – citing an increased risk of heart problems among the more fearful.
Still, though, I can’t help but wonder if upcoming political ads might feature one of the presidential hopefuls boldly announcing his plan to protect us from our toilets.
“We’ll flush them over there so we don’t have to flush them here!”