DEATH - who's turn is it next?

after watching news today and seeing a devastating car crash in new zealand which claimed the lives of 7 tourists, a thought on death flashed through my head..

could it be that the number of deaths per day or per month/year is fixed by unknown forces of nature? and its just a matter of whether we are the ones to go or happen to stay ard a little longer... because deaths must occur to keep the population in check and the balance of life maintained...so to put it bluntly..to keep one alive, another must die..or to make it sound less harsh..as one's chances of living is increased, another faces a higher risk of death...does that make sense??

the inter-dependency and entanglement of human relationships is complicated and hidden well beneath the events so loudly displayed everyday such as death, sorrow, joy taht we often do not take notice of the subtleties and how much each action and decision of ours can affect another's life somewhere across the face of this planet. Time to start thinking?

no effect is taht clear cut unless each factor is taken out and analysed in isolation. that would be an idealist state. the combination of all factors contribute to a "push and pull" of life, making it dynamic and giving us a new direction at any single instant.