Gah… it’s another summer of endless ranting about how shark attacks are on the rise. Except that they really aren’t.

In 2013, the International Shark Attack File, maintained at the University of Florida, recorded 125 incidents around the globe, including 72 “unprovoked attacks” by sharks on humans. That was down from a record 81 unprovoked attacks the year before. Forty-seven of the 2013 attacks occurred in U.S. waters, down from the 2012 record of 54.

So far this year there have been six shark attacks in the U.S., none fatal — but beach season is just beginning.

What gets lost in the number of attacks is the number of people who are going to beaches - so that you can determine the rate per 100,000, which can help figure out the statistics of being involved in an attack.

The overall statistics? You’re more likely to be killed going to/from the beach in your car than you are by a shark.