Why is there such a high chance of being killed by an asteroid, if nobody has ever been killed by one?

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I’ve read that some experts estimate your chance of being killed by an asteroid is 1 in 74 million, Stephen Fry even said you have more chance of being killed by an asteroid than an immigrant but Wikipedia says there are no documented events of someone being killed by an asteroid

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Because although large asteroid strikes are incredibly infrequent, when they occur they can be large enough to kill millions of people or even the entire species.

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