article_snippet.sent: There were 72 unprovoked shark attacks around the world last year, with three people killed in Australia and South Africa.
article_snippet.sent: According to the International Shark Attack File, which gathers statistics on interactions between the mammals and humans,the number of worldwide unprovoked shark attacks has grown at a steady pace since 1900, with each decade having more attacks than the previous.
article_snippet.sent: Reunion has recorded seven fatal shark attacks in the past five years, more per capita than anywhere else in the world.
article_snippet.sent: The International Shark Attack File reports that there were 52 shark attacks in US waters in 2014, compared to 29 in 2015.
article_snippet.sent: There were only three fatalities record from unprovoked shark attacks in 2014, two in Australia and one in South Africa.
article_snippet.sent: the International Shark Attack File investigated 130 incidents of alleged shark-human interaction occurring worldwide in 2014.
article_snippet.sent: Upon review, 72 of 130 incidents of alleged shark-human interaction occurring worldwide in 2014 represented confirmed cases of unprovoked shark attacks on humans.
article_snippet.sent: Of the 72 incidents of unprovoked shark attacks around the world last year, there were three fatalities .
article_snippet.sent: 130 incidents of alleged shark-human interaction occurring worldwide in 2014 not accorded unprovoked status in 2014 included 33 provoked attacks, nine interactions involving a shark biting a motorized or non-motorized vessel ('boat attack'), four incidents regarded as not involving a shark ('doubtful'), one case involving sinking ships or downed aircraft ('air-sea disaster'), two incidents involving post-mortem bites ('scavenge'), and nine cases in which data is unavailable to determine if an unprovoked shark attack occurred ('insufficient evidence').
article_snippet.sent: However, the number of worldwide unprovoked shark attacks has grown at a steady pace since 1900, with each decade having more attacks than the previous .
article_snippet.sent: Information collected from the The International Shark Attack File (IASF).
highlights_snippet.sent: Shark attacks continue to rise over the course of the century .