SHARK FACTS
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Total number of
shark attacks around the world since 1503

Most shark attacks occur less than a 100 feet from the shore mainly around popularbeaches in North America
(especially Florida and Hawaii), Australia, and South Africa.

The odds of being killed by a shark are one in 3.7 million.

These graphs show the occurance of shark attacks in each country/region. By clicking on the pie chart you the can see the bar charts filter out other information.

Attacks per world Region

1. N O R T H A M E R I C A -
Antigua and Barbuda - Bahamas - Barbados - Belize - Canada - Costa Ric - Cuba - Dominica - Dominican Republic - El Salvador Grenada - Guatemala - Haiti - Honduras - Jamaica - Mexico - Nicaragua - Panama - Saint Kitts and Nev - Saint Lucia - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Trinidad and Tobago - United States of America (USA).

2. O C E A N I A -
American Samoa - Australia - Christmas Island Christmas Island - Cook Islands Cook Islands - Fiji - French Polynesia - Guam - Kiribati - Marshall Islands - Federated States of Micronesia - Nauru - New Zealand.

3. A F R I C A -
Algeria - Angola - Benin - Cameroon - Cape Verde - Comoros - Côte d’Ivoire - Djibouti - Dem. Rep. Congo - Egypt - Equatorial Guinea - Eritrea - Gabon - Country - Gambia - Ghana - Guinea - Guinea-Bissau - Kenya - Liberia - Libya - Madagascar - Mauritania - Mauritius - Morocco - Mozambique - Namibia - Nigeria - Republic of the Congo - São Tomé and Príncipev - Senegal - Seychelles - Sierra Leone - Somalia - South Africa - Sudan - Tanzania - Togo - Tunisia.

Total number of non fatalities per region

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