But the figures aren't exactly a perfect fit for either side in the fatal-confrontation story.
While ablation is generally safer than major surgery, serious--even fatal--complications can occur if the needle punctures or burns vital organs.
Charles Roger Millar, 44, of East Street, Swindon, was stabbed five times - with one wound proving fatal - on June 6.
Oil-industry analysts believe that cutting the flow of Saudi oil to the U.S. would be painful--but far from fatal--to the U.S. economy.
It's these adverse effects - which can be serious and even fatal - which have prevented doctors from recommending daily aspirin for healthy middle-aged people.
These are almost always fatal - the number of mesothelioma deaths has spiralled upwards in recent decades as disease seeded years earlier finally manifests itself.
In 2008 a team of researchers from the Universities of Washington and Massachusetts showed that a pacemaker could be wirelessly hacked to give off strong--potentially fatal--electric shocks.
However, the vaccine can have serious side effects -- including encephalitis, which can sometimes be fatal -- so health officials want to give it only to people who need it.
Some patients taking the drug develop serious bleeding from their lungs, a condition that is fatal-- often in a matter of hours--in more than half the cases in which it occurs.
The trust said the Dr Foster independent investigation found that of 150 patient cases - not all fatal - coded as septicaemia, 76 were found not to meet national coding standards.
It said Network Rail "did not properly understand the risk" at the site because it had not taken a record of four previous accidents - one of them fatal - into account.
The RAIB said the company "did not properly understand the risk" at the site because it had not taken a record of four previous accidents - one of them fatal - into account.
In its favour, Goldman has a remarkable record of bouncing back from adversity, whether the 1929 crash, near-fatal interest-rate bets in the 1990s or the infighting over its IPO.
In addition, the 80mg group had 25% fewer fatal and non-fatal strokes.
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Meanwhile, transportation-related incidents claim 39 percent of all fatal employment-related casualties, with 21 percent occurring out on the highway.
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Again regarding Chicago violence, up to 80% of the murders and non-fatal shootings are gang- related.
Up to 80 percent of Chicago murders and non-fatal shootings are gang- related, primarily young black and Hispanic men killed by other black and Hispanic men.
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Peanuts are the most common food trigger of life-threatening anaphylactic shock, accounting for more than half of all fatal food-induced allergic reactions.
The Great Depression dealt a near-fatal blow to such common-sense thinking about prices and the price level.
At 10 days the primary efficacy measure (a composite of asymptomatic proximal DVT, symptomatic DVT, symptomatic non-fatal PE, and VTE-related death) had occurred in 2.7% of patients in each group.
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More than half (57%) of the 1, 898 fatal transportation-related incidents occurred on highways, and involved motorized land vehicles.
They found a smoking ban increased fatal alcohol-related car accidents by 13% in a typical county containing 680, 000 people.
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Under the principle, prosecutors need not prove who inflicted the fatal wound - only who played a part in the incident.
John Kennedy flatly denied that he had Addison's disease, an often fatal immune-system disorder that he struggled with all his life.
The fatal brain-wasting disease is believed to be spread through contaminated cattle feed and cannot be passed from cow to cow.
The charity Crimestoppers has offered a reward for information on a fatal hit-and-run incident in West Yorkshire in which a six-year-old boy died.
The European Union imposed a worldwide embargo on British beef exports in 1996 following evidence that infected meat caused a fatal brain-wasting disease in humans.
Henrik Thomsen, a Danish academic, is being sued by GE Healthcare after he suggested at a conference in Oxford that one of the company's drugs might have potentially fatal side-effects.
Though he is currently battling multiple myeloma, a fatal bone-marrow cancer, Simons says he is willing to take the stand for either side to clarify the patent if the Applera lawsuit goes to trial.
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