The numbers behind selfie deaths around the world

The fashion of selfie photography has appeared in the past three years but as people become more and more bold in their attempts to pull the perfect self-portrait to share it online, the stories of the photos of young people who have been seriously injured or killed .

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Do you think strange or too all of this? Let's take a closer look at the numbers.

Zachary Crockett from Priceonomics has recently presented a series of charts that offer a clearer picture of where and how they happen Selfie deaths. After searching and of the news over 3 years, found that 49 people have died trying to take a selfie from 2014 to the present, that 75% of the victims are men, and that the average He is only 21 years old.

Here's the demographic breakdown:
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As you can see, there are no reports of a death from Sefie that concerns people over the age of 32. And although women tend to pull more seals than men, men are the ones most at risk.

But let's look at an analysis below on how victims died:

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Three are the main causes of these accidental deaths in the effort of a sect. In turn is the fall from high heights, the second drowning in water and third from the train.

Crockett also found that India is overwhelmingly the country where most deaths occur, with 19 deaths (or 40% of the total). One of the main causes there is drowning. Russia and the USA with 7 and 5, respectively. Recall that Russia was alarmed by these deaths, and launched a campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of sefie in July of 2015.

whereoccurFortunately, in Greece, we have no victim of this attitude, not at least officially, but do not think we are immune to it, for peoples with the same temperament as us, like Italy, have mourned a victim.

Finally, deaths from selfie over the other causes can be analyzed as follows:

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The above comparison is between accidental deaths, not foreseeable, and not from some act of violence, such as robbery, from, clash of groups, gangs, etc. Among all accidental deaths around the world, selfies are next to skateboards and below bee and wasp stings (from allergic shock).

With so when you take a selfie. Do it without risking.

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