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India Tops the Chart with Most Selfie-related Deaths; 76 Deaths Noticed in Last Two Years
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India Tops the Chart with Most Selfie-related Deaths; 76 Deaths Noticed in Last Two Years

Amandeep Singh
Amandeep Singh Published November 17, 2016
Last updated: 2016/11/17 at 11:41 AM
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A new study that has analysed the deaths caused by selfies in the world found that India has had far more selfie-related deaths than any other country in the world in the last two years. The study says that India had the whopping number of selfie-related deaths with 76 deaths out of total 127 in the world. In a blog detailing the study, it said Pakistan had nine deaths, the United States eight and Russia six over the past two years.

The analysis (provocatively titled “Me, Myself and My Killfie) Characterising and Preventing Selfie Deaths”, found that of 127 reported selfie deaths from March 2014 to September 2016, “a whopping 76 deaths occurred in India alone!” That’s the findings from a new study by scholars from Carnegie Mellon University and Indraprastha Institute of Information Delhi.

India Tops the Chart with Most Selfie-related Deaths; 76 Deaths Noticed in Last Two Years

In 2015 alone, Indians taking selfies died while posing in front of an oncoming train, in a boat that tipped over at a picnic, on a cliff that gave way and crumbled into a 60-foot ravine and on the slippery edge of a scenic river canal. Also, a Japanese tourist trying to take a selfie fell down steps at the Taj Mahal, suffering fatal head injuries.

Researchers also analysed the thousands of selfies posted on social media websites and found that men were far more likely than women to take dangerous selfies. It found 13 percent were taken in what could be dangerous circumstances, and the majority of victims were under the age of 24.

The causes of selfie-related deaths found in the study

  • The most common cause of death worldwide was “falling off a building or mountain,” which was responsible for 29 deaths.
  • The second most second-most common being hit by a train, responsible for 11 deaths.
  • Although Most of the Indian deaths were water-related.

India Tops the Chart with Most Selfie-related Deaths; 76 Deaths Noticed in Last Two Years

 

The study also noted that “This trend caters to the belief that posting on or next to train tracks with their best friend is regarded as romantic and a sign of never- ending friendship.”

However, in recent months, Indian officials have tried to take steps to address this new public safety phenomenon. Union tourism minister Mahesh Sharma has asked state governments to develop “no-selfie zones” at tourist attractions around the country, including more than a dozen in Mumbai tourist areas after two people drowned while being swept out into the Arabian Sea while posing for selfies.

Last year, no-selfie zones were also established in certain areas of the massive Hindu religious gathering called the Kumbh Mela because organisers feared bottlenecks caused by selfie-takers could spark stampedes.

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