A survey revealed that more than 250 people have died in self-shooting

by Neko Tai

The latest research published by researchers at all Indian medical schools has revealed that the deaths in the past 6 years during the self-photographing will be over 250 people worldwide.

Selfies: A boon or bane?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6131996/

More than 250 people worldwide have died taking selfies, study finds - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/10/03/more-than-250-people-worldwide-have-died-taking-selfies-study-finds/

The research team conducted a survey on 259 news reports related to "self-taking" from October 2011 to November 2017. As a result, there were many cases of death as a result of getting involved in transportation such as "taking self in front of the arriving train" or death by self-taking and falling at high places. In addition, animal related, firearm related, electrocution and death etc are also reported.

Comparing countries, the number of deaths caused by self-taking is the largest in India, and several cases have been reported in countries such as Russia, the United States and Pakistan. Agam Bansal, who carried out the research, commented against the Washington Post, "Self-filming death is becoming a major problem of public health." Also, I mentioned that there is a danger in self-shooting itself, but there is a danger when people seek "perfect one" and take action not to risk.

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According to research results, over 85% of self-made dead are 10 to 30 years old. "It is the death that is most difficult for me to deal with." "Many people have passed away just because they want to share photos on SNS such as Facebook and Twitter, and like" Like ". It is not worth sacrificing life to such things, "Bansal said. Although the number of "259 people" is shown in the research, Mr. Bansal sees that there are many more people who died while actually taking a picture, just because they are not reported.

Death by self-portrait has been reported since 2018, and in May the man who tried to take self with the injured bear was attacked by the bear and died.

Man 'trying to take selfie' dies after being mauled by bear | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/man-bear-selfie-video-mauled-death-selfies-india-odisha-asia-a8335806.html

Also, in September the 18-year-old hiker died as it fell over 800 feet (about 244 meters) from the cliffs of Yosemite National Park. According to Hiker's mother, the boy seemed to be taking self-portraits from the edge of Nevada Fall.

Teen falls to death while trying to take a selfish at Yosemite National Park: Reports - ABC News
https://abcnews.go.com/US/teen-falls-death-selfie-yosemite-national-park-reports/story?id=57649083

Israeli teen dies after falling off cliff in Yosemite when taking selfie | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-teen-dies-after-falling-off-cliff-in-yosemite/

Mohit Jain, an orthopedic surgeon who has done research on self-portrait in the past, though he did not participate in this research, said that this research "About dying during self-taking" What you need to make you aware of it ". Mr. Jain investigated the self-made death rate from 2014 to mid-2016, but it was supposed that 75 people died during that period.

Mr. Bansal says that one measure to prevent death by self-taking is to create a "self-shooting prohibited zone". Meanwhile, attempts to prevent "dangerous self-shooting" have been made, and three years ago in Russia "Even if millions of" nice "are obtained by social media, your Safe self-shooting campaign with the slogan "There is not much worth as much as life and happiness" was implemented. At this time, an illustration showing "self-taken bad idea" is also released at the same time.

In 2016, "self-shooting prohibited zone" was established in Mumbai to prevent death by self-taking. In the same year, in Indonesia, in response to the news that Hiker died while taking self-picture, "safe self-shooting spot" is installed in the national park.