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

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