New study says dozens of people have died while attempting dangerous selfies
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A new study published by the National Institute of Health confirms what most of us already knew: taking dangerous selfies is dumb and has killed dozens of people over the past few years.
The study, titled "Selfies: A boon or bane?," concluded that 259 people across the world died between 2011 and 2017 due to incidents that occurred while taking selfies, with drowning (32 incidents killing 70 people) and falling (41 incidents killing 48 people) being the top reasons.
A few other take-aways from the study:
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Three times as many men as women died from taking selfies, often because of "risky behavior."
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An overwhelming number of deaths (182) occurred for ages 10 to 29.
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India accounted for over half of the deaths attributed to selfies during that time (159) followed by Russia (16) and the United States (14). Read more...
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