Dog Bite Injury Data
Dog Attack Deaths and Maimings, U.S. & Canada, 1982 to 2012 | |||||
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Breed | Attacks Doing Bodily Harm | Child Victims | Adult Victims | Deaths | Maimings |
Akita | 65 | 42 | 19 | 8 | 47 |
Akita mix (unspecific) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Akita/Chow Mix | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Akita/Lab Mix | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Akita/Terrier Mix | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Airedale/Boxer Mix | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Airedale | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Australian Blue Heeler | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Australian Shepherd | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Australian Shepherd Mix |
1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Basset/GSD Mix | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Beagle | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Belgian Shepherd (Malinois) |
7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Black Mouth Cur |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Blue Heeler | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Border Collie | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Boston Terrier |
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Boxer |
50 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 21 |
Boxer/Boston Terrier Mix |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Boxer/Bull Mastiff Mix |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Boxer/German Shepherd Mix |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Boxer Mix |
4 | 2 | 2 |
1 | 3 |
Boxer/Sharpei Mix |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Briard | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Brittany Spaniel | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Bulldog (American) | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Bulldog (English) | 20 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
Bull Mastiff (Presa Canario) | 87 | 30 | 33 | 14 | 46 |
Bull Mastiff/German Shepherd | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bull Mastiff/Rottweiler | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Bull Mastiff/Boxer |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bull Terrier (Not Pit) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Cane Corso/Italian Mastiff |
13 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 |
Cane Corso/Pit Bull Mix |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Catahoula | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Catahoula/Pit Bull Mix |
1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Caucasian Shepherd |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Chesapeake Bay Retriever |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Chihuahua |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Chow | 55 | 36 | 16 | 7 | 37 |
Chow/German Shepherd Mix |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Chow/Husky Mix | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Chow/Lab Mix | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Chow/Sharpei Mix |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Chow Mix (Other) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Cocker Spaniel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Collie | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Collie/Retriever Mix | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Coonhound | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Dalmatian | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Dalmatian/Akita Mix | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Dachschund | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
Doberman | 15 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Doberman/Great Dane Mix |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Dogo Argentino |
3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Doge de Bordeaux | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
East Highland Terrier | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Fila Brasiero | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
German Shepherd | 96 | 60 | 28 | 14 | 59 |
German Shepherd Mix | 41 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 26 |
German Shepherd/Husky Mix | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
German Shepherd/Lab Mix | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Golden Retriever | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
Golden Retriever Mix | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Golden Retriever/Lab Mix | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Great Dane | 33 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
Great Pyrenees | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Greyhound | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Hound Mix |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Husky | 71 | 44 | 5 | 24 | 20 |
Husky/Malamute Mix | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Husky/Lab Mix | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Jack Russell Terrier | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Jack Russell/English Bulldog |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Karelian Bear Dog |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Labrador | 49 | 33 | 14 | 3 | 38 |
Labrador Mix | 18 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 16 |
Labrador/Blue Heeler Mix | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Labrador/Boxer Mix | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Labrador/Doberman Mix | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Labrador/St. Bernard Mix | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Malamute | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Labrador Mix | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Mastiff | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
Mastiff/Rhodesian Ridgeback |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Mini Pinscher |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Norweigan Elkhound | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Old English Sheep Dog | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Old English Sheep Dog Mix | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Pit Bull |
2,235 | 911 | 806 | 233 | 1,268 |
Pit Bull/Akita Mix | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Pit Bull/Boxer Mix | 27 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 17 |
Pit Bull/Chow Mix | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
Pit Bull/Doberman Mix | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Pit Bull/Doberman/GSD/Lab | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Pit Bull/GSD Mix | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
Pit Bull/Lab Mix | 25 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
Pit Bull/Rhodesian Ridgeback Mix | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Pit Bull/Rottweiler Mix | 49 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
Pit Bull/Sharpei Mix | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pit Bull/Sheltie Mix | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Pit Bull/Weimaraner Mix | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Pit Bull/Wolf Hybrid Mix | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Pit Bull Mix (Unknown) | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Pointer Mix | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Pomeranian | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Poodle | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Poodle/Terrier Mix | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pug | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pug/Rottweiler Mix | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Queensland Heeler | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Rottweiler | 495 | 278 | 131 | 81 | 277 |
Rottweiler/Chow Mix | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Rottweiler/GSD Mix | 18 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 14 |
Rottweiler/Lab Mix | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Rottweiler/Mastiff Mix | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Russian Terrier | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Saint Bernard | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Schnauzer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Sharpei | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Sharpei/Rottweiler Mix | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Sharpei Mix (Unknown) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Sharpei/Lab Mix | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Shiba Inu |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Shih Tzu |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Springer Spaniel | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Terrier Mix (Not Pit Bull) |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Tosa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Unidentified | 17 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Weimaraner | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
West Highland Terrier |
2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Wheaten Terrier | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Wolf Hybrid | 84 | 69 | 5 | 19 | 48 |
Total | 3,887 | 1,823 | 1,216 | 513 | 2,213 |
Breeds of dogs involved in human dog bite-related fatalities (DBRF) in the United States, by 2-year period, between 1983 and 1998. Death-based approach of counting most frequent purebreds and crossbreds involved in 7 or more human DBRF. | ||||||||
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Breed | 1983- 1984 | 1985- 1986 | 1987- 1988 | 1989- 1990 | 1991- 1992 | 1993- 1994 | 1995- 1996 | 1997- 1998 |
Purebred | ||||||||
Pit bull-type | 10 | 9 | 11* | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4* | 6 |
Rottweiler | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
German Shepard Dog | 4* | 1 | 1 | 4* | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Husky-type | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Malamute | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Doberman Pinscher | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Chow Chow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Great Dane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Saint Bernard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Crossbred | ||||||||
Wolf-dog hybrid | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Mixed-breed | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
German Shepard Dog | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2† | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Pit bull-type | 0 | 3 | 2† | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Husky-type | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rottweiler | 0 | 0 | 1† | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Alaskan Malamute | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chow Chow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Doberman Pinscher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Saint Bernard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Great Dane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1† |
No. deaths for which breed was known | 26* | 24 | 22 | 34* | 24 | 25 | 26* | 27 |
* Numbers differ from previous reports because police/guard dogs “at work” were excluded, and 1 new DBRF was identified as occurring in 1996. A purebred dog and a crossbred dog of this breed were involved in a single fatality; therefore, that breed is counted only once in the total column.