"People are afraid of flying and terrorism and bird flu when in reality the most dangerous part of a trip is the car ride to the airport."
Tom Brosnahan
http://turkeytravelplanner.com/details/Safety/DangerStats.html

"And the most dangerous place of all is your dinner table! "

Here are some statistics of risk factors. These are for "the average American," but I assume they'd be similar (or higher) for citizens of other countries (except for the gunshot wound, of course—because of the insane number of privately-owned firearms in the USA).

Basically what they show is that if you're afraid of dying from a terrorist attack, you should give up flying, swimming, boating, walking on city streets, working, skiing, being in snowy or stormy places, crossing the street and most especially driving or riding in cars, because those activities are riskier—in the case of car travel far riskier—than being anywhere near terrorists or flocks of chickens.

And enjoying an unhealthy modern lifestyle, with little physical activity and meals rich in unhealthy salt, sugar, carbs and fats, is far, far more risky than anything else!

Your chance of dying from these causes is...

The International Shark Attack File (ISAF) investigated 105 alleged incidents of shark-human interaction occurring worldwide in 2005. Four fatalities occurred in 2005, down from seven in 2004 (the five-year average from 2001-2005 was 4.4 per year).
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/statistics/2005attacksummary.htm

...what if security measures against terrorism were examined with a more critical eye? The risk of terrorism is not being assessed in a rational way and is receiving a disproportionate amount of resources. This can have grave consequences, probably resulting in significantly more loss of life than a major terrorist attack.

Consider the risk of death from terrorism on US soil. Here are some statistics:

• First World Trade Center bombing – 6 fatalities
• NYC World Trade Center 9/11 – 2749 fatalities
• Oklahoma City bombing – 169 fatalities
• Unabomber – 3 fatalities
• Olympic Park bombing – 1 fatality

The total is 2928 fatalities. 

This has occurred over the past 15 years. 
That’s about 195 lives per year. 

Now, consider other risks. Flu deaths are estimated to be around 30,000 to 40,000 in a good year.  Another 40,000 die in auto accidents each year!

Terrorism is nowhere near these danger levels.

On the scale of things, dying from terrorism is a very tiny risk.
http://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsblawg/2005/05/security_privac.html