Shark bites are merely a drop in the ocean . . .

Five things more likely to kill you than a shark

According to the University of Florida's International Shark Attack File, just five people globally died from unprovoked shark attacks in 2009. You are more likely to be killed by:

• Lightning About 1,000 deaths a year

• Drowning in the bath There were 22 accidental bath-tub drownings in the UK in 2008

• Being lefthanded Nearly 2,500 lefthanders a year die from using products made for righthanded people

• Snakebite There are almost 20,000 deaths each year, mostly in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.

• A vending machine Two people are crushed to death every year in the United States alone by trying to tilt faulty vending machines.