With the post-apocalyptic drama series The Last of Us having us gripping the edge of our seats and questioning what we would do in that situation, one online casino has compiled research to find the safest places across the UK if a zombie apocalypse did break out.
On the off chance that doomsday is around the corner, experts at RantCasino.com conducted research to replicate a hypothetical zombie apocalypse in which the deceased are resurrected as the living dead.
Based on public cemetery records, RantCasino.com sought to investigate which areas of the UK would be most affected by a zombie apocalypse- thus flagging which areas you should avoid if you’re thinking of fleeing your home town.
The ‘total number of zombies’ is synonymous to the number of graves for each region.
In Scotland, Angus is the unluckiest area to find yourself in if the deceased are resurrected, with 182,430 potential zombies roaming the streets, and 69 cemeteries. It also has a zombie-to-population ratio of a whopping 157 per cent.
East Ayrshire is the ninth unluckiest area in Scotland and ranks number 42 on the UK list out of 364 areas of the unluckiest UK places to be in during a zombie apocalypse.
East Ayrshire has 36 cemeteries with the potential number of zombies tallying 56,296, with a zombie ratio of 46.3 per cent.
There is a glimmer of hope for South Ayrshire as they feature way down the list for UK towns and cities, coming in at 137 with 41 cemeteries and a zombie ratio of 15.2 per cent.
South Ayrshire has the potential to host 17,065 zombies during doomsday.
North Ayrshire ranks at 157 on the list - making it the safest council area in Ayrshire - with 28 cemeteries and a zombie ratio of 10.6 per cent.
A total of 14,236 zombies would swarm the area during the end of the world.
Elsewhere in the UK, residents in the Isles of Scilly might not notice there is a zombie apocalypse, with just 98 potential zombies roaming the streets during doomsday.
The same can be said for Stevenage, the second least affected area, with only 241 potential zombies roaming the streets.
Estimations for the study were based on a sample of 369,240 globally geolocated cemeteries and memorials acquired from an established public database of cemetery records, Find a Grave.
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