how often does a person die of getting bitten by a shark?

Question

per year. and off of what countries.

Answer 1

im not sure.. but i learned today that you have a better chance of getting attacked by a pig, than being attacked by a shark in your lifetime.

Answer 2

A greater percentage of beachgoers are injured by jellyfish, stingrays, or hardhead and gafftop fishes, which have poisonous spines," McEachran said. "They are more likely to cause harm than a shark."

Even peanuts, McEachran says, are a greater threat to humans than sharks. About 90 people die worldwide each year from allergic reactions to eating peanuts.

There's a better chance you'll win the lottery than be bitten by a shark.
While sharks cause a few dozen human deaths annually, it is relatively not a large number (e.g. several hundred people die annually struck by lightning; however, lightning may strike anywhere worldwide, whereas only a very small part of human population is susceptible to shark attacks, i.e. only those people who enter the water in the areas populated by sharks).
Contrary to popular belief, only a few sharks are dangerous to humans. Out of the more than 360 described species of sharks, only 4 have been confirmed to have killed humans: the Great White, Tiger, Bull, and Oceanic Whitetip sharks. These sharks, being large, powerful predators perfectly capable of eating humans, will sometimes attack and kill people, but all of the above sharks, even the Great White, have been filmed in open water, with no cage, time and time again, without incident.
There are many theories about why sharks attack people. Some claim that the shark is confusing a human for a seal or other prey animal; this would be typical in the case of an attack against a surfer. Often the shark that attacks a human will make only one bite and then go away. This behaviour has many possible explanations, one being that humans don't taste good (or at least, as good), or are lacking the necessary fat, and another being that sharks normally make one swift attack, and then retreat and wait for the victim to die, or exhaust itself, before it comes back to feed. This protects the shark from retribution from a wounded and aggressive target, but also allows humans the time to get out of the water and survive.

I am not sure of the eact % of shark attack deaths, but it is definitely NOT 1 out of every 10 people.
Cause of Death Lifetime Odds
Heart Disease
1-in-5

Cancer
1-in-7

Stroke
1-in-23

Accidental Injury
1-in-36

Motor Vehicle Accident*
1-in-100

Intentional Self-harm (suicide)
1-in-121

Falling Down
1-in-246

Assault by Firearm
1-in-325

Fire or Smoke
1-in-1,116

Natural Forces (heat, cold, storms, quakes, etc.)
1-in-3,357

Electrocution*
1-in-5,000

Drowning
1-in-8,942

Air Travel Accident*
1-in-20,000

Flood* (included also in Natural Forces above)
1-in-30,000

Legal Execution
1-in-58,618

Tornado* (included also in Natural Forces above)
1-in-60,000

Lightning Strike (included also in Natural Forces above)
1-in-83,930

Snake, Bee or other Venomous Bite or Sting*
1-in-100,000

Earthquake (included also in Natural Forces above)
1-in-131,890

Dog Attack
1-in-147,717

Asteroid Impact*
1-in-200,000**

Tsunami* 1-in-500,000
Fireworks Discharge
1-in-615,488


** Perhaps 1-in-500,000

Answer 3

The percentage of fatalities from shark attacks would be about 20% or 10 out of 50 victims per year. You can expect these numbers to fluctuate with the number of people who enter the water.

Answer 4

First of all is more likely to get stroked by lightning then get bitten by a shark, and from what i have learned 3 out of every 5 people who get bitten survive.

Answer 5

On average, 3 or 4 people a year are killed worldwide by sharks. In 2003, about 55 people were attacked by sharks unprovoked.

Answer 6

Usually most people bitten by a shark die.

Answer 7

1 in 54

Answer 8

It depends on where the shark bites them. There are those lucky ones, but for the most part they bleed to death before they can get help.

Answer 9

The percentage of people being attacked by shark's and dying are not as high as people might think.

Answer 10

about 8-9 people a year...but peoples kill 10 times more than that..it was a accident...sharks have bad eye sights!

Answer 11

Yeah, i talked about. i'd say that this replaced into once for sure better typical in action pictures from the 60's, 70's and eighty's. Are you questioning why? i have my personal opinion on that. Its frequently a similar reason why all the token black characters, from all those television exhibits & action pictures, are continuously boring, beside the point and forgettable. Black characters, in those cases, are an after idea. some element that replaced into once "presented in" later, after all the "imperative" characters were appeared after.