Helicoptors: How long has this been going on?

I was looking at the news and noticed this:

Paramedics die in AirCare helicopter crashThe National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause of the crash, which may have occurred through negligent acts, i.e. failure to properly maintain the helicopter

Have we always had so many helicopter crashes or are we just hearing about them now because our information management is what it is today?

Look at all of these incidents:

• Fatal Helicoptor Crash in Nebraska
  
• Helicoptor carrying Senator Kerry, Senator Chuck Nagel and Senator Joe Biden crashes in a snowstorm.
  
• 12 left at sea after a helicopter crash
  
• Rescue Pilot walks away from Crash
  
• Families morn midair collision that killed two teenage pilots and an instructor
  
• Swedish Helicoptor Crash *you tube listed below
  
• Training an issue in Helicopter Crash
  

Swedish helicoptor crash. This was supposed to be his birthday present. Some birthday, huh.