Dog bite studies

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The following dog bite studies are widely quoted and useful in understanding the depth of the dog bite epidemic. It is a phenomenon that only increases as time presses forward.

Nonfatal Dog Bite-Related Injuries Treated in Hospital Emergency Departments - United States, 2001 By J Gilchrist, MD, Div of Unintentional Injury Prevention; K Gotsch, MPH, JL Annest, PhD, G Ryan, PhD, Office of Statistics and Programming, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC.

Dog Attack Deaths and Maimings, US & Canada September 1982 - November 7, 2007
By Merritt Clifton, editor of Animal People News, the leading independent newspaper providing original, investigative coverage of animal protection worldwide.

Breeds of Dogs Involved in Fatal Human Attacks in the United States Between 1979 and 1998
By Sacks, Sinclair, Gilchrist, Golab and Lockwood. Published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (2000).

Which Dogs Bite? A Case-Control Study of Risk Factors (1991)
By Gershman KA, Sacks JJ, Wright JC. Division of Field Epidemiology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.