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A reminder that the news does not reflect reality

Gail P Sherman
Oct 22, 2025
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Shark encounters notoriously receive press coverage that is wildly out of balance with how rare they actually are. Perhaps unsurprisingly, an analysis comparing US media reports of causes of death and actual causes of death shows that the disparity is not an anomaly.

Our World in Data compared the twelve most common causes of death in 2…

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