If we restrict the list to U.S. deaths and omit mosquitoes and deer, the listing becomes 1) bees (53 deaths each year in the U.S.), 2) dogs (30-35 deaths), 3) cows (22), 4) horses (20), 5) spiders (6.5), and 6) rattlesnakes (5.5). Yep – you are 10 times more likely to die in the U.S. because of a bee sting than a bite from a rattler and 22 times more likely to be killed by a cow than by a shark.
#1. The number of deaths that resulted from interactions with other mammals, a category that includes cats, cows, horses, pigs, raccoons, and other hoofed animals: 655. The biggest bringers of death are cows and horses.
#2. The number of deaths that resulted from interactions with hornets, wasps, or bees: 509.
#3. The number of deaths that resulted from interactions with dogs: 250.
#4. The number of deaths that resulted from interactions with nonvenomous insects or nonvertebrates: 85.
#5. The number of deaths that resulted from interactions with non-venomous reptiles. This would include lizards and non-venomous snakes and the cause of death being bitten or crushed by the animal: 77.
#6. The number of deaths that resulted from interactions with venomous spiders: 70.
#7. The number of deaths that resulted from other venomous arthropods such as fire ants: 63.
#8. The number of deaths that resulted from interactions with venomous snakes or lizards: 59.
#9. The number of deaths that resulted from interactions with marine animals: 10, 8 of them from sharks.
#10. The number of deaths that resulted from interactions with crocodiles and alligators: 9.
http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/events/department-news/1195/forget-sharks-cows-are-more-likely-to-kill-you/
The percent of deaths for people that walk in front of car on a freeway: 100%
Yeah, but sharks, crocs and gators EAT you while you’re alive...
All that is quite true, but I would rather take my chances with a cow.
Very unlikely a cow will attack me, unseen, from below.
Highly unlikely a cow will sever limbs with a single bite.
Extremely unlikely I would go into a pasture or barn without knowing where the cow is.
A shark, on the other hand, is silent, may attack from any direction, and can end a life with a single bite.
I stay away from places where I can not see the dangers.
All that does *not* mean that I trust the cow. (insert cute emotiwhatever here)