Dog bite studies ::
The following dog bite studies are often cited in media reports following fatal and serious dog attacks. Notably, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has no recent data.
Dog Attack Deaths and Maimings, U.S. & Canada, September 1982 to December 22, 2009
By Merritt Clifton, editor of Animal People. Released to the public in December 2009.
Report: U.S. Dog Bite Fatalities January 2006 to December 2008
By DogsBite.org, a national dog bite victims' group. Released to the public in April 2009.
Nonfatal Dog Bite-Related Injuries Treated in Hospital Emergency Departments - United States, 2001
By the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report in 2003.
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 in 2000.
Which Dogs Bite? A Case-Control Study of Risk Factors (1991)
Gershman K.A., et al. JC. Published in Pediatrics in 1994.
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