We watched a TV show last week. The introductory voice over stated "each year 68 million Americans leave the safety of our shores to visit..."
This triggered a thought, so the Gorse Fox hit Google.
How many US citizens are killed each year whilst abroad? and How many US citizens are killed each year whilst in the USA?
The answers were interesting. US citizens killed whilst abroad seems to averages out at at about 850 (and the biggest cause is road traffic accidents) whilst those being killed in "safety of our shores" is about 31500 just from gun violence and about 32600 from traffic accidents.
So actually... it may be safer for US citizens to travel abroad than to stay at home.
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