Stats of our lives: Don't fear flying

The miniscule odds of dying in a plane crash — and more in our collection of surprising facts and figures

Don't fear flying
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Years since the U.S. has had a fatal commercial jetliner crash, a new record

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Worldwide commercial airline fatalities in 2012

1 in 45 million

The chance you have of dying in a plane crash

Source: The New York Times

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Samantha Rollins

Samantha Rollins is TheWeek.com's news editor. She has previously worked for The New York Times and TIME and is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.