What is Western equivalent of Chinese phobia?

I was in in Taiwan last week, and I saw that they fear numbers (4, 13,
14) for some reason. It is to the point that they will not name their
building, car, or even cell phone.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ShanghaiMissingFloors.jpg

As you can see from above picture -- 4, 13, 14 are missing. I read
somewhere that people in North America also fear certain numbers. Is
it true?

For some reason I was surprise, because I thought education suppose to
make people give up superstition.
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