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Originally Posted by blankall

A bear attack is also not almost always fatal. Most attacks are by Black Bears, and according to this site only 5-10% of all attacks are "serious":

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.c.../bear-attacks/

Looks like they're using 30-year-old data though, would love to see something current.

In the 2010s there have been 7 fatal black bear attacks and 10 fatal grizzly attacks. Not sure how that correlates with total number of attacks though but 5-10% serious/fatality rate seems extremely low.