Table 5: Risk of selected causes of death in Canada and the United States
Cause of death	Risk in Canada (1994)147	Risk in United States
All causes, infants <1 yr	1:159 live births
Motor vehicle accident, 15­19 year olds	1:4 763*
Motor vehicle accident, all ages	1:9 594*
Accidental fall	1:12 463*	1:20 000148*
Childbirth	1:27 508 live births
Hit by a car while walking		1:40 000148*
Drowning	1:91 985*	1:50 000148*
Fire	1:97 830*	1:50 000148*
General anesthesia during surgery		1:65 000 (1987)149
Airplane crash	1:471 795*	1:250 000148*
*Annual risk.

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