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According to the International Shark Attack File (ISAF), between 1958 and 2016 there were 2,785 confirmed unprovoked shark attacks around the world, of which 439 were fatal. [16] Between 2001 and 2010, an average of 4.3 people per year died from shark attacks. [3] In 2000, there were 79 shark attacks reported worldwide, 11 of them fatal. [17]
The attack by the 8–11-foot (2.4–3.4 m) tiger shark occurred in 10–15 feet (3.0–4.6 m) of water and was witnessed by victim's snorkeling partner and groundskeeper. Morrell's body was recovered and later autopsied at Maui Memorial Hospital by the County Coroner.
In 2006 the International Shark Attack File (ISAF) undertook an investigation into 96 alleged shark attacks, confirming 62 of them as unprovoked attacks and 16 as provoked attacks. The average number of fatalities worldwide per year between 2001 and 2006 from unprovoked shark attacks is 4.3.
List of fatal shark attacks in the United States; See also. Shark attack; Shark Attack (disambiguation) This page was last edited on 22 March 2022, at 21:08 ...
This is a list of fatal shark attacks in Australia. The Australian Shark-Incident Database has recorded that between 1791 and April 2018 there were 237 fatal shark attacks in Australia. [ 1 ] In the two years of 2020 and 2021 there were 11 fatal shark attacks in Australia.
per year Animal Humans killed per year Animal Humans killed per year 1 Mosquitoes: 1,000,000 [a] Mosquitoes 750,000 Mosquitoes 725,000 2 Humans 475,000 Humans (homicide) 437,000 Snakes 50,000 3 Snakes: 50,000 Snakes 100,000 Dogs 25,000 4 Dogs: 25,000 [b] Dogs 35,000 Tsetse flies 10,000 5 Tsetse flies: 10,000 [c] Freshwater snails >20,000 Crocodiles
English: :Total shark attacks per year Total number of shark attacks, including both fatal and non-fatal incidents. 4 types of shark attack categories are included; provoked, unprovoked, boating incidents, and sea disasters. See the source tab for more information.
The Australian Shark Attack File [126] has recorded that since 1791 there have been 639 shark attacks in Australia with 190 of them being fatal. [127] Since shark netting began in 1937, the number of deaths from sharks on beaches has been reduced in New South Wales, with only one fatal attack on a netted beach during that time.