here it is:
The talk of how much more likely you are to die in a car on the way
to hospital than have a uterine rupture brought back the following to
me, and this is widely acknowledged to be fact (Henci Goer):
Your risk of dying in a car accident, over the course of your
lifetime, is between 1 in 42 and 1 in 75. This is roughly 4 to 5
times greater than the risk of uterine rupture.
You're about twice as likely to have your car stolen (that's an
annual risk) than to experience a uterine rupture.
Your odds of being murdered are 1 in 140 over the course of your
lifetime. That's 2 times more likely than the risk of rupture.
The annual risk of having a heart attack is 1 in 160, 2 times more
likely than rupture. Your risk of dying from heart disease is
roughly 1 in 6, or 55 times greater than your risk of rupture.
If you're a smoker, your risk of dying from lung cancer is 1 and a
half times more likely than a VBAC mom rupturing during her labor.
You're about 17 times more likely to contract an STD this year than
you are to have a uterine rupture; more likely to contract gonorrhea
than to rupture, as well.
You're 13 times more likely to get food poisoning than to rupture.
You're more likely to have twins than a uterine rupture. Odds of
twins: 1 in 90. That's about 3 1/2 times the likelihood of rupture.
If you ride horseback, you're 3 times more likely to die in a riding
accident than you are to experience a uterine rupture.
If you ride a bike on the street, you are 4 times more likely to die
in an accident (annual risk) than you are to suffer a rupture.
Having a serious fire in your home during the next year is twice as
likely as experiencing a rupture.
You're ten times as likely to win at roulette as you are to have a
uterine rupture.
If you flip a coin, you'll be more likely to get heads (or tails) 8
times in a row than to rupture.
The risk of cord prolapse is 1 in 37 (2.7%), or nearly ten times more
likely than that of rupture.
And a final irony (heads up, those of you who want a doc to give
his/her opinion on your likelihood of rupture next pregnancy!)...
You're 6 times more likely to have a doctor who is an impostor than
you are to suffer a rupture.
So, logically, we should worry more about almost EVERYTHING else ...
including that your own consultant never even went to university ...
than uterine rupture.