
How Dangerous Are Sharks?

However, the National Safety Council, the Disease Control & Prevention and the International Shark Attack File provided the following information about disease and accidental causes of deaths and the risk during one’s lifetime in the United States:
Heart disease: 652,486 deaths or 1 in 5 risk
Cancer: 553,888 deaths or 1 in 7 risk
Stroke: 150,074 deaths or 1 in 24 risk
Hospital Infections: 99,000 deaths or 1 in 38 risk
Flu: 59,664 deaths or 1 in 63 risk
Car accidents: 44,757 deaths or 1 in 84 risk
Suicide: 31,484 deaths or 1 in 119 risk
Accidental poisoning: 19,456 deaths or 1 in 193 risk
Falls: 17,229 deaths or 1 in 218 risk
Drowning: 3,306 deaths or 1 in 1,134 risk
Bike accident: 762 deaths or 1 in 4,919 risk
Sun/heat exposure: 273 deaths or 1 in 13,729 risk
Lightning: 47 deaths or 1 in 79,746 risk
Fireworks: 11 deaths or 1 in 340,733 risk
Shark attack: 1 death or 1 in 3,748,067 risk
In the state of Florida between 1998 – 2009, there were 10,172 boating accidents, 754 boating fatalities, 280 shark attacks and 4 shark attack fatalities.
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