11/00Number of people killed by captive elephants in the United States since 1983: 17

Performing Animal Welfare Society (Galt, Calif.)/People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Norfolk, Va.)

7/89Number of the 698 people who have died in U.S. national parks since 1984 who were killed by animals: 2

U.S. Nat’l Park Service

1/86Percentage decrease in the number of drunk drivers killed in accidents from 1980 to 1984: 24

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

11/89Number of deaths in 1988 caused by accidents involving Domino’s Pizza delivery trucks: 20

Domino’s Pizza (Ann Arbor, Mich.)

5/98Factor by which U.S. deaths from prescription and medication errors increased between 1983 and 1993: 2.6

Professor David P. Phillips, University of California at San Diego (La Jolla, Calif.)