How dangerous is teaching?

According to the U.S. Department of Education, from 1994 through 1998, teachers were the victims of approximately 668,000 violent crimes, which include rape or sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault and simple assault. About 80,000 of those were serious violent crimes.

Not listed but a major factor in job safety for teachers are the large number of possiblities for being exposed to disease such as colds, flus, hepatitus, TB, and all infectious disease. A teacher is constantly in with hundreds of students in small confined spaces.

How dangerous is it to be a cop? It doesnt make the top 10 list of dangerous jobs. With all jobs being equally rated as averaging a danger factor of 1, Cops are at 3.4. However, the danger comes from the higher chance of being killed in a car accident rather than from being shot or dying from being assaulted.

BTW Pizza delivery drivers are in a more dangerous job than cops.