This is a list of fatal, unprovoked shark attacks that occurred in United States territorial waters by decade in reverse chronological order. A pink background indicates that the greater weight of the evidence suggests that this victim died from a cause of death other than a shark attack; however, at least one source at some point in time has identified shark attack as the cause of death.
2010s
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2000s
1990s
1980s
1970s
1960s
1950s
1940s
1930s
1920s
1910s
1900s
Before 1900
See also
- Shark attack
- Red Triangle (Pacific Ocean)
- Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916
- Animal attacks
- List of fatal shark attacks in Australia (the country with second largest number of reported shark attacks)
- List of fatal shark attacks in California
- List of fatal shark attacks in South African territorial waters
Species:
- List of fatal bear attacks in North America
- List of fatal cougar attacks in North America
- List of fatal snake bites in the United States
- List of fatal alligator attacks in the United States
- List of wolf attacks in North America
- Fatal dog attacks in the United States
References
- Footnotes
- Bibliography
- General references
External links
- International Shark File research
- Shark Research Committee
- Global Shark Attack File
- Shark Attack Survivors Online Database and Shark Attack File
- Shark Attack Data: Graphs detailing incidents in United States of America
