Imagine being one of the paddle-boarders shown in a video released May 10 by the Orange County Sheriff's Department.

It's a clear, sunny day as you plod along on the water, when suddenly a police helicopter begins circling overhead. Within moments, a man's voice booms through a loudspeaker.

"Attention in the water, attention in the water: This is the Orange County Sheriff's department. Be advised state parks is asking us to make an announcement to let you know you are paddleboarding next to approximately 15 great white sharks," the voice says. "They are advising that you exit the water in a calm manner."

The helicopter then flies away, leaving you with this harrowing information.

Maintaining a "calm manner" would be next to impossible as you scramble to shore. However, a look at the statistical likelihood of dying from a shark bite should give you some solace. Sharks injure more people than they kill, but both events are extraordinarily rare — especially compared to other threats that people face.

In 2013, sharks killed only 10 people out of about 7 billion. In 2014, just three people lost their lives to the predators.

The numbers are getting lower each year as more sharks die as by-catch in fishing operations and get hunted for their dorsal fins.

The odds your death will be caused by a shark attack

A man checks a shark display at the Dubai Mall, UAE. Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah Below is the average American's lifetime odds of death from a shark attack (in bold) compared to other threats we face.

The risks are ordered from the least likely to the most likely causes of death:

Illegal immigrant terrorist — 1 in 138 million

Shark attack — 1 in 8 million

Asteroid strike (regional impact) — 1 in 1.6 million

Stinging by hornets, wasps, and bees — 1 in 309,000

Lightning — 1 in 174,00

Bus, train, or streetcar — 1 in 160,000

Earthquake — 1 in 130,000

Dog attack — 1 in 115,000

Legal execution —1 in 111,000

Asteroid strike (global impact) — 1 in 75,000

Cataclysmic storm — 1 in 63,700

Tornado — 1 in 60,000

Terrorism (foreign-born, all forms) — 1 in 45,800

Sharp objects —0 1 in 30,900

Animal attack or accident — 1 in 30,200

Exposure to electricity, radiation, heat, and pressure — 1 in 14,700

Heat wave — 1 in 10,800

Airplane and spaceship incidents — 1 in 9,740

Police/law enforcement — 1 in 8,360

Accidental gunshot — 1 in 7,950

Bicycling — 1 in 4,340

Choking on food — 1 in 3,410

Any force of nature — 1 in 3,120

Assault by sharp object — 1 in 2,450

Fire or smoke — 1 in 1,450

Poisoning (liquid, gas, and solid) — 1 in 1,360

Drowning — 1 in 1,180

Motorcycle — 1 in 949

Walking — 1 in 672

Suffocation (choking, strangulation, blocked airway, etc.) — 1 in 608

Car, van, and truck incidents — 1 in 565

Assault by gun — 1 in 358

Murder — 1 in 249

Falling — 1 in 133

Any motor vehicle incident — 1 in 113

Suicide — 1 in 98

Kidney disease — 1 in 85

Influenza and pneumonia — 1 in 70

Diabetes — 1 in 53

Alzheimer's disease — 1 in 47

Stroke — 1 in 31

Accidents — 1 in 31

Chronic lung disease — 1 in 27

Any injury — 1 in 21

Cancer — 1 in 7

Heart disease — 1 in 7

These odds above are based on a previous analysis by Business Insider, and the data primarily come from a 2016 report by the National Safety Council and the National Center for Health Statistics' final 2013 report on causes of death in the US, which was released in February 2016.

However, these odds don't factor in a person's individual behaviors, age, sex, location, or other things that can affect risks — they're averages of the entire US population.