Despite not having to brave Funnel Web Spiders and Salt Water Crocodiles, Americans are finding more ways to die by accident.

The National Safety Council says that more than 136,000 people in the United States died accidentally in 2014.  This is the highest number ever recorded, and an increase of 4.2 percent from the previous year, and up 15.5 percent from more than a decade ago.

The opioid and heroin epidemic is the leading cause of accident death.  Overdose and accidental poisoning killed more than 42,000 people in 2014, four-times the number of poisoning deaths in 1998.

Americans are killing themselves by slipping on the bathroom or kitchen floor.  Accidental slips and falls killed fewer than 10,000 deaths in 1992, but more than tripled to 32,000 in 2014.  This is attributed to an aging baby boom population.

We have more older adults who are at much greater risk for falls," says Ken Kolosh, statistics manager for the National Safety Council.

Strangle, fewer Americans are getting killed in motor vehicle crashes, which killed 35,398 people in 2014.  That's down 22-percent from a decade ago.  Safety technology is improving on cars, and the US put more restrictions on teenage driving.

So, don't sweat the Taipan Snakes, Blue Ring Octopi, or Great White Sharks.  Just be glad you're not surrounded by Americans.