Dog Bites: Worse than The Bark

THE BITE IS WORSE THÂN THE BARK 4.7 MILLION DOG BITES HAPPEN IN THE U.S. EVERY YEAR $1,000,000,000 PAID BY INSURANCE COMPANIES FOR DOG-BITE CLAIMS EACH YEAR 800,000 DOG BITES IN 2012 REQUIRED MEDICAL CARE MORE THAN 27,000 PEOPLE UNDERWENT RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY AS A RESULT OF BEING BITTEN 82% OF DOG BITES TREATED IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM INVOLVED CHILDREN UNDER 15 YEARS OLD APPROXIMATELY 92% OF FATAL DOG ATTACKS INVOLVED MALE DOGS APPROXIMATELY 3 OF BITES OCCUR ON OR NEAR THE VICTIM'S PROPERTY 71% OF DOG BITES OCCUR TO THE EXTREMITIES MALE ADULTS ARE MORE LIKELY THAN FEMALE ADULTS TO BE BITTEN CHAINED DOGS ARE 2.8 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BITE BROUGHT TO YOU BY ADAMS DAVIS P.C. ATTORNEYS AT LAW Gilchrist J, Sacks JJ, White D, Kresnow MJ. Dog bites: still a problem Injury Prevention 2008 2012 Plastic Surgery Statistics Report by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, 2013 Humane Society of the United States. (2005). National Pet Related Statistics. Shelter Pages, 37-38. Centers for Disease Control. (2003). Nonfatal dog bite-related injuries treated in hospital emergency departments-US 2001. MMWR, 52(26), 605-610. National Canine Research Foundation. Fatal dog attack studies. Retrieved July 14, 2009, from http://ncrf2004.tripod.com/id8.html http://www.americanhumane.org/animals/stop-animal-abuse/fact-sheets/dog-bites.html