World Locations with Highest Attack Rates – International Shark Attack File

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World

YEAR	Total Bites	Fatal	Non-fatal
2012	83	7	76
2013	77	10	67
2014	73	3	70
2015	98	6	92
2016	81	4	77
2017	89	5	84
2018	68	4	64
2019	64	2	62
2020	57	10	47
2021	73	9	62
TOTAL	761	60	701

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Florida

YEAR	Total Bites	Fatal	Non-fatal
2012	27	0	27
2013	24	0	24
2014	28	0	28
2015	30	0	30
2016	36	0	32
2017	31	0	31
2018	18	0	18
2019	21	0	21
2020	16	0	16
2021	28	0	28
TOTAL	259	0	259

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Australia

YEAR	Total Bites	Fatal	Non-fatal
2012	14	2	12
2013	10	2	8
2014	11	2	9
2015	18	1	17
2016	15	2	13
2017	14	1	13
2018	20	1	19
2019	11	0	11
2020	18	6	12
2021	12	3	9
TOTAL	143	20	123

Hawaii

YEAR	Total Bites	Fatal	Non-fatal
2012	10	0	10
2013	13	1	12
2014	7	0	7
2015	7	1	6
2016	10	0	10
2017	6	0	6
2018	3	0	3
2019	9	0	9
2020	5	1	4
2021	6	0	6
TOTAL	76	3	73

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South Africa

YEAR	Total Bites	Fatal	Non-fatal
2012	4	3	1
2013	5	1	4
2014	2	1	1
2015	8	0	8
2016	1	0	1
2017	3	0	3
2018	2	0	2
2019	1	0	1
2020	0	0	0
2021	3	1	2
TOTAL	29	6	23

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South Carolina

YEAR	Total Bites	Fatal	Non-fatal
2012	5	0	5
2013	6	0	6
2014	5	0	5
2015	8	0	8
2016	2	0	2
2017	10	0	10
2018	3	0	3
2019	1	0	1
2020	1	0	1
2021	4	0	4
TOTAL	45	0	45

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California

YEAR	Total Bites	Fatal	Non-fatal
2012	5	1	4
2013	1	0	1
2014	4	0	4
2015	2	0	2
2016	4	0	4
2017	2	0	2
2018	1	0	1
2019	3	0	3
2020	4	1	3
2021	3	1	2
TOTAL	29	3	26

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North Carolina

YEAR	Total Bites	Fatal	Non-fatal
2012	2	0	2
2013	1	0	1
2014	4	0	4
2015	8	0	8
2016	3	0	3
2017	1	0	1
2018	3	0	3
2019	3	0	3
2020	3	0	3
2021	3	0	3
TOTAL	31	0	31

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Réunion Island

YEAR	Total Bites	Fatal	Non-fatal
2012	4	1	3
2013	5	2	3
2014	1	0	1
2015	4	2	2
2016	1	0	1
2017	3	2	1
2018	0	0	0
2019	1	1	0
2020	0	0	0
2021	0	0	0
TOTAL	19	8	11

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Brazil

YEAR	Total Bites	Fatal	Non-fatal
2012	0	0	0
2013	1	1	0
2014	0	0	0
2015	1	0	1
2016	1	0	1
2017	1	0	1
2018	3	1	2
2019	0	0	0
2020	0	0	0
2021	3	1	2
Total	10	3	7

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Bahamas

YEAR	Total Bites	Fatal	Non-fatal
2012	0	0	0
2013	0	0	0
2014	0	0	0
2015	1	0	1
2016	1	0	1
2017	2	0	2
2018	1	0	1
2020	0	0	0
2021	0	0	0
TOTAL	5	0	5

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