Citation

Feldman KA, Trent RB, Jay MT. Am. J. Public Health 2004; 94(11): 1940-1941.

Affiliation

University of Maryland, Center for Public and Corporate Veterinary Medicine, 8075 Greenmead Dr, College Park, MD 20742. kfeldman@umd.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, American Public Health Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

15514233

PMCID

PMC1448565

Abstract

We used population-based hospital discharge data to describe hospitalizations resulting from dog bites in California from 1991 through 1998. There were 6676 such hospitalizations (average 835 per year; range 732 to 930). The annual cumulative incidence for all ages was 2.6 per 100 000. Children had more than twice the risk of adults, and Asians had lower rates than Whites. Children aged 0 to 9 years were more likely to suffer wounds to the head and face.