Shark attacks HOW MANY SHARK ATTACKS HAVE OCCURRED IN U.S. WATERS BETWEEN 1900 AND 2017?

1,513, according to sharkattackdata.com

HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE KILLED BY SHARKS IN U.S. WATERS BETWEEN 1900 AND 2017?

144.

HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BITTEN — OR KILLED — BY SHARKS IN WATERS OF NEIGHBORING STATES?

New York: 13 attacks, three deaths. All fatal attacks happened when people were swimming.

New Jersey: 20 attacks, five deaths. Four deaths were in the summer of 1916 in Matawan Creek, 10 miles from the sea in Monmouth County. All five happened when people were swimming.

Massachusetts: Four attacks, three deaths. Two fatal happened while people were fishing, one while swimming.

Rhode Island: Three attacks, two deaths. The two deaths happened when people were swimming.