X-Message-Number: 22035 Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 13:57:34 -0400 From: "Raphael T. Haftka" <> Subject: more important risks Now that SARS is waning, I hope I can get some advice on the more important risks that Cryonicists should heed. Two of my good friends spent two months in China at the height of the epidemic, and their daughter was quite worried about them. I calculated for her that her chance of getting killed on the way to work and back are much larger than the chance of her parents dying from SARS on any given day. While the data on SARS and on traffic deaths is extensive, so that I can calculate probabilities, I find that I don't have enough information on other causes of death. As a Cryonicist, my main worry is dying suddenly. I have taken enough measures to ensure that my chances of dying in a traffic accident are very low. I am already taking good measures nutritionally and exercise wise to help ward off heart attacks. Now I am at a loss on a decision on whether to invest in a defibrillator. Here are the questions that I seek answers to. Where can I find data that will allow me to calculate my chances of dying suddenly from a heart attack, given my age, gender, and state of health? What are the observed differences between mortality rates with and without defibrillator at the homes of heart attack victims? If I want to spend $2500 to decrease my chances of dying suddenly, is a defibrillator the best investment? Raphael Haftka Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=22035