Dog Bite statistics

    Studies of dog bite injuries have reported that:

    The median age of patients bitten was 15 years, with children, especially boys aged 5 to 9 years, having the highest incidence rate

    The odds that a bite victim will be a child are 3.2 to 1. (CDC.)

    Children seen in emergency departments were more likely than older persons to be bitten on the face, neck, and head. 77% of injuries to children under 10 years old are facial.

    Severe injuries occur almost exclusively in children less than 10 years of age.

    The majority of dog attacks (61%) happen at home or in a familiar place.

    The vast majority of biting dogs (77%) belong to the victim's family or a friend.

    When a child less than 4 years old is the victim, the family dog was the attacker half the time (47%), and the attack almost always happened in the family home (90%).

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