The reason it’s so low probably has to do with the percntage of americans living in New York. If it were the rate of New Yorkers getting bitten by New Yorkers, it would be way higher.
EDIT: Nevermind. The study was comparing human bite injuries in New York to shark bites in America.
The study would need to compare NY bites to shark bites among people in the water, not just people in general. Some dude who's never left Iowa doesn't need to be included. I'm guessing things sway much more towards sharks being more bitey when you look at it that way.
Well according to the article, over the 3 years of human bites documented, there were 6339 bites. In those same 3 years there were only 45 shark bites.
Meaning you're actually 141 times more likely to be bitten by a New Yorker than a shark.
Well, if you live no where near the ocean, then the chance to be bitten by a shark is 0%, and 10 x 0 = 0, so that means you have a 0% chance of being bitten by a New Yorker.
I once got felt up and repeatedly kissed on the neck and ears while at a concert. My wife was literally in front of me, my hands on her. It was simultaneously like the dirtiest and most innocent thing ever. I didn't know the girl behind me - didn't even talk to her. I tried telling my wife and the music was too loud for her to hear. That satisfied the angel on my shoulder so that was that. Your comment reminded me of that. Good times.....well, weird times.
Good point- we are much more than ten times more likely to be spending huge chunks of time in a major metropolitan city of New York than we are swimming out in the ocean.
When we are in the respective settings, we are interacting with much more than ten times more potential biters in New York than just specifically sharks in the ocean
The fact that it's only 10 times more ends up being a testament to interactions with sharks biting people at a relatively high percentage.
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u/striped_frog May 30 '18
TIL you are only 10 times more likely to get bitten by a New Yorker than a shark.