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by eqvinox 336 days ago
> The point is 240v at Household amps / current CAN kill you.

Deaths from electrocution are low in the US at 110V, but not massively higher at 230V; some 230V countries are lower in fact:

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Age-adjusted-mortality-r...

(Says at bottom 0.63 for US)

Apparently eastern European electrons are more deadly though ;D

(... It's really all about safety culture.)

Also, that male/female split in the linked graph... wow.

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> Also, that male/female split in the linked graph... wow.

That is pretty funny ... It's a wonder that men haven't gone extinct yet.

At first I thought it'd be male children, but I don't think that's it - male electricians and other workers is more likely.

Also, I don't have a reference, but it's stuck in my head that deaths from electrocution frequently involve falling off a ladder (or other "secondary" causes), rather than dying from cardiac arrest or other direct injury.