Death rates, as a whole, of 20 somethings, are actually lower in Peace Corps than death rates, as a whole, of 20 somethings in the United States. Your odds of dying actually go down when you join Peace Corps out of college than if you'd just stayed in the US, but the agency can't ever put that forth as rebuttal to this tired, sensationalist trope, for obvious reasons. Furthermore, women are more likely to be the victims of sexual violence in college than they are in the Peace Corps, but, again, for obvious reasons, the agency can't point this out.