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Just how dangerous is crossing the road? And what's the real payback on eating healthily and exercising regularly? Neither are easy to get our heads around -- especially when it comes to that ultimate measure of "badness" -- dying. To make things a little easier, "micromorts" and "microlives" can help estimate the risks and benefits of what you do -- and what you don't do.

Further Information:
Microlives -
David Spiegelhalter on Microlives: http://understandinguncertainty.org/microlives
British Medical Journal article on microlives: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e8223
Microlives calculator: http://journals.bmj.com/site/microlives/
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microlife
Microlives: A lesson in risk taking (BBC): http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120209-a-lesson-in-risk/2

Micromorts --
John Green and Mental Floss on Micromorts: http://youtu.be/VLmBJ4_5eG4
David Spiegelhalter on Micromorts: http://understandinguncertainty.org/micromorts
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micromort
Carnegie Mellon University's Death Risk Website: http://www.deathriskrankings.com/

Risk Bites was created by Andrew Maynard.
This week's video was produced by:
Andrew Maynard
David Faulkner

Risk Bites is supported by:
University of Michigan School of Public Health. http://www.sph.umich.edu/
University of Michigan Risk Science Center. http://umriskcenter.org