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World Locations with Highest Attack Rates

  • ️Thu Jan 18 2024
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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