Interesting and frightening facts about death (16 photos)

Man is mortal, sometimes suddenly mortal, and this is inevitable. No matter how much we want our loved ones to be with us for a long time, everyone will die.





Death is a sad and inevitable event. Sometimes people, for various reasons, even resort to various methods to speed up their death. There are many unusual facts associated with death that can frighten and surprise, and even make you think...

Encounter with a shark



Because of the cinema, sharks began to be considered ruthless killers and the most dangerous fish. Just a year, 12 people die from shark attacks, but people kill approximately 11,417 sharks every (!) hour.

About 153,000 people die every day





Every year, one in 113 people die worldwide. Here are the statistics of human mortality dаta: 107 deaths per minute, 6390 deaths per hour, 153 thousand deaths every day, 56 million per year and 3.9 billion in average life expectancy (70 years).

Suicidal New York



Many people don’t even realize how many people commit suicide due to difficult life circumstances. Suicides happen every day, but the real “city of suicides” is the brilliant New York. It is here that suicide is committed more often than anywhere else in the world.

Doctor's handwriting



Every year in the United States, more than 7,000 people die because of the distinctive handwriting of doctors. This statistic is truly shocking. Also, one and a half million Americans suffer every year due to errors made in prescriptions related to preventive treatment. Most of these errors involve unclearly written dosages and abbreviations.

Every day 20 thousand children die of hunger



The level of poverty and hunger in the world remains unacceptably high. 70% of the world's population lives below the poverty line and every day 20 thousand children die of hunger.

The Second World War



It was the most destructive war in human history. She destroyed the lives of millions. 80% of men who were born in the USSR in 1923 died at the front.

Feeding corpses to vultures



An ethno-confessional group of followers of Zoroastrianism in India - the Parsis - do not bury the bodies of the dead. They feed them to vultures.

Left-handed people live less than right-handed people



On average, left-handed people live three years less.

Bodies on Everest



The highest mountain in the world has become not only an object of desire for tourists, but also a cemetery. Every year, several million people come to the Himalayas to climb the peak. At the highest point of the Earth there are about 200 corpses of those unfortunates whom the mountain took with it.

Posthumous erection



In the corpses of men who die as a result of hanging, postmortem erections can be observed. It is known as rigor erectus.

Jellyfish



Turritopsis Dohrnii are officially recognized as the only immortal creatures on our planet. They are the ones who live forever.

Female mortality in India



Every hour in India, one woman dies due to dowry. The traditions associated with it are deeply rooted in people's heads and every hour in India one woman is killed in dowry-related crimes.

One pregnant woman dies every minute and a half



Being a mother is wonderful, but the statistics on poor pregnancy outcomes are frightening. If we rely on medical data, then every one and a half (!) minutes in the world, one woman dies during childbirth or pregnancy, due to lack of proper care and good treatment.

One person per hour is killed by a drunk driver



A huge number of people die as a result of natural disasters or road accidents. And every hour one person dies because of a drunk driver.

Suicide every 40 seconds



Yes, less than a minute. One person dies every 40 seconds.