Most dangerous occupations

As many as one-fifth of youths in the drug gangs of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, are killed within two years, usually by police, a new study has indicated.

The report's authors followed 230 young people belonging to gangs in Rio de Janeiro's favelas, or shanty towns, for two years.

And quite aside from that, the work is hard:

Sixty percent of those questioned worked for more than 10 hours a day.

Half were on duty seven days a week and a majority had been involved in armed conflicts with rival gangs.

From the BBC.

Posted by David on November 25, 2006 8:43 PM