You shouldn’t be comparing only HOMICIDES, the point of this comparison is that you are much more likely to die (from any cause, most likely from an automobile accident) than you are to die while taking public transit (from any cause). Homicide may be the most likely cause of death while taking public transit (or it may not), but I imagine the odds of getting killed in an accident while driving present a much greater risk.
The statistics I’m comparing are public transit homicides vs driving accident deaths. So if you have a heart attack, get shot while driving, or your train disastrously derails that’s not included. I think this is fine, though, because including these far less common kinds of death is very unlikely to change the result?
You shouldn’t be comparing only HOMICIDES, the point of this comparison is that you are much more likely to die (from any cause, most likely from an automobile accident) than you are to die while taking public transit (from any cause). Homicide may be the most likely cause of death while taking public transit (or it may not), but I imagine the odds of getting killed in an accident while driving present a much greater risk.
The statistics I’m comparing are public transit homicides vs driving accident deaths. So if you have a heart attack, get shot while driving, or your train disastrously derails that’s not included. I think this is fine, though, because including these far less common kinds of death is very unlikely to change the result?