7. Football
Odds of dying: 1 in 103,187
The sport which is often referred to as “the most important of the unimportant things in life”, football, can be quite a rough game. Compared to other sportsmen, football players suffer more injuries. Luckily, in most cases these harms aren’t serious and they can be easily treated. FIFA survey of injuries during World Cup 2014 showed that there were 104 injuries on pitches, out of which eight were classified as severe – five concussions and three fractures to the head were reported. The most prevalent cause of serious harms is collision with an opponent and awkward fall from a jump. From 1989 to 2015, 122 football players died during the match and in many cases, a heart attack was the direct cause of death.
