‘Selfie’ – The new trend which is five times more deadly than shark attacks – PHOTOS
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The new trend of ’selfie’ only appeared 10 years ago; however, nowadays, it takes five times more deaths than shark attacks. According to Indian research, more and more people die every year while taking pictures of themselves with their smartphones.
Within the framework of the study published in the scientific Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, professionals revealed that –
Between October 2011 and November 2017 – 259 people were killed worldwide because of making selfie, while shark attacks killed 50 people during the same period.
Even though women make more selfies, mainly men are hit by unfortunate accidents.
75% of the victims are men; youngsters who took an excessive risk that resulted in death – drowned, suffered a traffic accident, fell from somewhere, burned or shot down by a gun.
As the Hungarian news portal origo describes, most of the relating deaths – numerically 159 – occurred in India, where there are 800 million mobile phones. It is followed by Russia, the United States and Pakistan. In India ‘selfie-free zones’ are being created; in Mumbai 16 of them have been already established. Last year, in the South Asian country, 48 people got injured while making selfie before a burning bakery, while firefighters were unsuccessfully trying to deflect them.
