Original sentence: This includes women's health issues such as the availability of tampons or prescription medications like the birth control pill
Edited sentence: On the whole dangers while backpacking, when put in perspective and if using common sense are not overly great (certainly lower than that of the dangers of road traffic accidents, in many parts of the world), but unfortunately some travelers are either over confident, don't exercise common sense or (the minority) unlucky and fall victim to some annoyance