Don't get too hung up about sharks. They may look scary in the movies, but statistically they are not the big problem. Per year, 175 times as many people are killed by poking knives into toasters than are killed by sharks. (Death by toaster while on the beach is a little rarer.) More people are killed by choking on broken balloons than are killed by sharks. More people are killed by falling vending machines than by sharks. Shark related deaths around the whole USA average around 1 every 2 years, with about 5 to 6 fatalities globally per year. Miami alone averages about 70 homicides per year.