Super-Scientific Study Finds *This* Is the Most Common Way People Die in ‘Game of Thrones' (and, No, It's Not by Betrayal)
As a character on Game of Thrones, would you rather die by:
A) Poisoning—Long live Joffrey!
B) Wildfire—“Everyone who isn’t us is an enemy.”
C) Natural causes—Good. Luck.
D) None of the above.
If you picked D, guess what! You’re right—scientifically speaking, that is. According to an actual study from Macquarie University in Australia, epidemiologists (people who study the spread and distribution of disease) examined the series and found that most deaths (nearly 74 percent) occurred from injury. For anyone who’s watched more than a few minutes (or just the “Red Wedding” episode), this shouldn’t come as much of a surprise.
The second leading cause of death? Burning by dragons (12 percent), because Drogon, Rhaegal and (the artist formerly known as) Viserion are on fiyah, y’all.
The (highly technical) research also noted that Game of Thrones characters who were nobles died at a lower rate than commoners, and women died at a lower rate than men. Also, switching allegiances, like Tyrion does by siding with Dany, was another good strategy for outlasting rivals.
BRB, rewatching the entire seven seasons (just to double-check these numbers, of course).
