Where are shark attacks most common in the U.S.?
Most U.S. attacks occur in Florida. Incidents in Virginia are extremely rare and incidents in North Carolina are uncommon. There are only two unprovoked shark attacks on record in Virginia, a non-fatal incident in 1973 and a fatal attack in 2001. There have been 19 attacks in North Carolina between 1990 and 2004, 2 of them fatal. For a comprehensive database of shark-attack statistics, trends, and analyses, visit the International Shark Attack File.
