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A new from an internet- market research company shows the things British people are most of. Top of the list is . Over half of the people who took the survey said they had acrophobia – the name for the fear of heights. In second place was a fear of snakes, with 21 per cent of people saying they were "very afraid" of the creatures. The third biggest fear was speaking, with 20 per cent being "very afraid" and 36 per cent being "a little afraid" of speaking in public. Other that frighten people most include spiders, mice, needles and injections, the of blood, flying, and being in small spaces. Number 10 on the list was coulrophobia – the of clowns.

The market research asked over 2,000 people what they were afraid of. They had to rate 13 phobias from "not at all afraid" to "very afraid". The researchers found that there were big between what men and women were afraid of, and what frightened old and people. The researchers said: "All are not created when it comes to fears." The survey showed that more women than men were afraid of things, spiders. These scare a of men and about of women. Age differences showed young people were more likely to be afraid of public speaking. Those in the older age groups were more than people to be afraid of heights.

 


 
 

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