Shark Attacks
A Comparison of Florida Tornado and Shark Attack Fatalities: 1985-2010
| Year |
Number of
Florida
Tornadoes |
Number of
Florida Tornado
Fatalities |
Number of
Florida Shark
Attacks |
Number of
Florida Shark
Attack Fatalities |
| 1985 |
36 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
| 1986 |
53 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
| 1987 |
45 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
| 1988 |
47 |
5 |
15 |
1 |
| 1989 |
72 |
3 |
9 |
0 |
| 1990 |
57 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
| 1991 |
56 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
| 1992 |
60 |
4 |
11 |
0 |
| 1993 |
65 |
30 |
10 |
0 |
| 1994 |
52 |
0 |
23 |
0 |
| 1995 |
93 |
3 |
29 |
0 |
| 1996 |
70 |
3 |
13 |
0 |
| 1997 |
116 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
| 1998 |
115 |
42 |
21 |
1 |
| 1999 |
61 |
0 |
26 |
0 |
| 2000 |
78 |
0 |
37 |
1 |
| 2001 |
73 |
2 |
34 |
1 |
| 2002 |
44 |
0 |
29 |
0 |
| 2003 |
45 |
1 |
29 |
0 |
| 2004 |
107 |
7 |
12 |
0 |
| 2005 |
56 |
0 |
17 |
1 |
| 2006 |
42 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
| 2007 |
49 |
21 |
31 |
0 |
| 2008 |
55 |
1 |
28 |
0 |
| 2009 |
36 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
| 2010 |
19 |
0 |
12 |
1 |
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| TOTALS |
1,602 |
125 |
484 |
6 |
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| FATALITY RATE: |
TORNADOES = 8% |
SHARK ATTACKS = 1% |
Source of Tornado data: disastercenter.com (current up to Oct 31, 2010)
and Storm Data at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
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| Source of shark attack data: International Shark Attack File, February 10. 2011.
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© International Shark Attack File
Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
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