See also prevalence and incidence page for Dog bite
Incidence (annual) of Dog bite: 1 million cases (unreliable estimate)
Incidence Rate: approx 1 in 272 or 0.37% or 1 million people in USA [about data]
Incidence extrapolations for USA for Dog bite: 1,000,000 per year, 83,333 per month, 19,230 per week, 2,739 per day, 114 per hour, 1 per minute, 0 per second. Note: this extrapolation calculation uses the incidence statistic: 1 million cases (unreliable estimate)
This page presents a variety of statistics about Dog bite. The term 'prevalence' of Dog bite usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Dog bite at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Dog bite refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Dog 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.
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