Statistics about Animal bite

Death and mortality statistics for Animal bite:

Deaths from Animal bite: less than 0.02 per 100,000 with 7 cases of deaths from "bites and stings" in Canada 1997¹

Death rate extrapolations for USA for Animal bite: 54 per year, 4 per month, 1 per week, 0 per day, 0 per hour, 0 per minute, 0 per second. Note: this extrapolation calculation uses the deaths statistic: less than 0.02 per 100,000 with 7 cases of deaths from "bites and stings" in Canada 1997¹

Society statistics for Animal bite

Hospitalization statistics for Animal bite:

The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Animal bite:

• 0.005% (628) of hospital consultant episodes were for toxic effect of contact with venomous animals in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 95% of hospital consultant episodes for toxic effect of contact with venomous animals required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 65% of hospital consultant episodes for toxic effect of contact with venomous animals were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 35% of hospital consultant episodes for toxic effect of contact with venomous animals were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 66% of hospital consultant episodes for toxic effect of contact with venomous animals required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 1.3 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for toxic effect of contact with venomous animals in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 1 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for toxic effect of contact with venomous animals in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 41 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for toxic effect of contact with venomous animals in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 70% of hospital consultant episodes for toxic effect of contact with venomous animals occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 2% of hospital consultant episodes for toxic effect of contact with venomous animals occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 30% of hospital consultant episodes for toxic effect of contact with venomous animals were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0.001% (506) of hospital bed days were for toxic effect of contact with venomous animals in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

About statistics:

This page presents a variety of statistics about Animal bite. The term 'prevalence' of Animal bite usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Animal bite at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Animal bite refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Animal bite diagnosed each year. Hence, these two statistics types can differ: a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence, but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence. For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.

Footnotes: 1. Canadian Injury Data, Statistics Canada, 1996-1997