Micromort

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A micromort (from micro- and mortality) is a unit of risk defined as a one-in-a-million chance of death. Micromorts can be used to measure the riskiness of various day-to-day activities. A microprobability is a one-in-a million chance of some event; thus, a micromort is the microprobability of death.

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I discovered this word while reading this question:

How many micromorts is a day in the life of a 90-year old?

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