Breeds of Dogs Involved in Fatal Human Attacks in the United States Between 1979 and 1998
J Am Vet Med Assoc 217[6]:836-840 Sep 15'00 Retrospective Study 20 Refs
* Jeffrey J. Sacks, MD, MPH; Leslie Sinclair, DVM; Julie Gilchrist, MD; Gail C. Golab, PhD, DVM; Randall Lockwood, PhD
* The National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy NE (MS K-45), Atlanta, GA 30341
OBJECTIVE: To summarize breeds of dogs involved in fatal human attacks during a 20-year period and to assess policy implications.
ANIMALS: Dogs for which breed was reported involved in attacks on humans between 1979 and 1998 that resulted in human dog bite-related fatalities (DBRF).
PROCEDURE: Data for human DBRF identified previously for the period of 1979 through 1996 were combined with human DBRF newly identified for 1997 and 1998. Human DBRF were identified by searching news accounts and by use of The Humane Society of the United States' registry databank.
RESULTS: During 1997 and 1998, at least 27 people died of dog bite attacks (18 in 1997 and 9 in 1998). At least 25 breeds of dogs have been involved in 238 human DBRF during the past 20 years. Pit bull-type dogs and Rottweilers were involved in more than half of these deaths. Of 227 reports with relevant data, 55 (24%) human deaths involved unrestrained dogs off their owners' property, 133 (58%) involved unrestrained dogs on their owners' property, 38 (17%) involved restrained dogs on their owners' property, and 1 <1 %) involved a restrained dog off its owner's property.
CONCLUSIONS: Although fatal attacks on humans appear to be a breed-specific problem, other breeds may bite and cause fatalities at higher rates. Because of difficulties inherent in determining a dog's breed with certainty, enforcement of breed-specific ordinances raises constitutional and practical issues. Fatal attacks represent a small proportion of dog bite injuries to humans and, therefore, should not be the primary factor driving public policy concerning dangerous dogs. Many practical alternatives to breed-specific ordinances exist and hold promise for prevention of dog bites.
Estatisticas ( inglês) de ataques de cães nos EUA
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THE STATISTICS - FATAL DOG ATTACKS IN THE U.S. FROM 1965 - 2001
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tenho o livro em casa, foi me ofrecido pela escritora
tem cada historia...é todas culpa dos donos
tipo esta
mulher deixa seu bébé de 6 dias em apart sem moveis com cão.
digo q ela admitiu não ter dado de comer ao cão no minimo 6 dias,
qua acham q aconteceu ao bébé?
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tenho o livro em casa, foi me ofrecido pela escritora
tem cada historia...é todas culpa dos donos
tipo esta
mulher deixa seu bébé de 6 dias em apart sem moveis com cão.
digo q ela admitiu não ter dado de comer ao cão no minimo 6 dias,
qua acham q aconteceu ao bébé?
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Eu saliento apenas que esta estatística é feita com base em queixas apresentadas relatando as mordidas.
Muitas das vezes uma pessoa é mordida por um cão preto e castanho e já diz que é um Rottweiler, e então com os "Tipo" Pit Bull as confusões ainda são maiores.
Fruto da "fama" a que vetaram determinadas raças, infelizmente existem muitos exemplares em mãos erradas que depois são responsáveis por ataques. Se essas pessoas têm Pit Bull ou Rottweiler é natural que os ataques se dêm com essas raças, mas se fosse o PAstor Alemão que fosse 'cool' e estivesse na 'moda', era o Pastor Alemão que engrossava as estatísticas.
É por isso que eu gostava de esclarecer uma parte da conclusão final. É que efectivamente os ataques parecem ser um problema de raças, mas não é certamente por causa da raça em si! É sim por esta malvada 'moda' que faz com que a escolha de determinado tipo de pessoas recaia sobre certas raças.
Agora e sempre os responsáveis são os donos, e não os cães! Enquanto não se agir de forma abrangente e genérica sobre os proprietários de cães, as coisas nunca vão mudar! Em última análise mudam talvez as raças usadas pelos inconscientes e marginais!! Se o Pit Bull está na Lista, vai-se buscar um Presa Canário ou um Mastim Napolitano ( e há muitas mais de grande porte...) que não vêm na Lista e dá-se-lhe igualmente um uso errado! Interessa é que seja uma raça "Cool" e que impressione
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Muitas das vezes uma pessoa é mordida por um cão preto e castanho e já diz que é um Rottweiler, e então com os "Tipo" Pit Bull as confusões ainda são maiores.
Fruto da "fama" a que vetaram determinadas raças, infelizmente existem muitos exemplares em mãos erradas que depois são responsáveis por ataques. Se essas pessoas têm Pit Bull ou Rottweiler é natural que os ataques se dêm com essas raças, mas se fosse o PAstor Alemão que fosse 'cool' e estivesse na 'moda', era o Pastor Alemão que engrossava as estatísticas.
É por isso que eu gostava de esclarecer uma parte da conclusão final. É que efectivamente os ataques parecem ser um problema de raças, mas não é certamente por causa da raça em si! É sim por esta malvada 'moda' que faz com que a escolha de determinado tipo de pessoas recaia sobre certas raças.
Agora e sempre os responsáveis são os donos, e não os cães! Enquanto não se agir de forma abrangente e genérica sobre os proprietários de cães, as coisas nunca vão mudar! Em última análise mudam talvez as raças usadas pelos inconscientes e marginais!! Se o Pit Bull está na Lista, vai-se buscar um Presa Canário ou um Mastim Napolitano ( e há muitas mais de grande porte...) que não vêm na Lista e dá-se-lhe igualmente um uso errado! Interessa é que seja uma raça "Cool" e que impressione
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CONCLUSIONS: Although fatal attacks on humans appear to be a breed-specific problem, other breeds may bite and cause fatalities at higher rates. Because of difficulties inherent in determining a dog's breed with certainty, enforcement of breed-specific ordinances raises constitutional and practical issues. Fatal attacks represent a small proportion of dog bite injuries to humans and, therefore, should not be the primary factor driving public policy concerning dangerous dogs. Many practical alternatives to breed-specific ordinances exist and hold promise for prevention of dog bites.
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"FATAL DOG ATTACKS"
The Stories Behind the Statistics
by Karen Delise
THE STATISTICS - FATAL DOG ATTACKS IN THE U.S. FROM 1965 - 2001 *
The study covers 431 documented human fatalities from a dog attack.
Location of Attack
25% of all fatal attacks were inflicted by chained dogs
25% resulted from dogs loose in their yard
23% occurred inside the home
17% resulted from attacks by dogs roaming off their property
10% involved leashed dogs or miscellaneous circumstances
Number of Dogs
68% of all fatal attacks were inflicted by a single dog
32% was the result of a multiple dog attack
Victim Profile
79% of all fatal attacks were on children under the age of 12
12% of the victims were the elderly, aged 65 - 94
9% of the victims were 13 - 64 years old
The age group with the highest number of fatalities were children under the age of 1 year old; accounting for 19% of the deaths due to dog attack. Over 95% of these fatalities occurred when an infant was left unsupervised with a dog(s).
The age group with the second-highest number of fatalities were 2-year-olds; accounting for 11% of the fatalities due to dog attack. Over 87% of these fatalities occurred when the 2-year-old child was left unsupervised with a dog(s) or the child wandered off to the location of the dog(s).
Boys aged 1 - 12 years old were 2.5 times more likely to be the victim of a fatal dog attack than girls of the same age.
Breeds Involved
Pit Bull and Pit-bull-type dogs (21%), Mixed breed dogs (16%),
Rottweilers (13%), German Shepherd Dogs (9%), Wolf Dogs (5%),
Siberian Huskies (5%), Malamutes (4%), Great Danes (3%),
St. Bernards (3%), Chow Chows (3%), Doberman Pinschers (3%),
other breeds & non-specified breeds (15%).
Reproductive Status of Dogs
Overwhelmingly, the dogs involved in fatal dog attacks were unaltered males.
From 2000-2001 there were 41 fatal dog attacks. Of these, 28 were attacks by a single dog and 13 fatalities were caused by multiple dogs.
Of the 28 single dogs responsible for a fatal attack between 2000-2001;
26 were males and 2 were females. Of the 26 males, 21 were found to be intact (the reproductive status of the remaining 5 males dogs could not be determined).
States with the Most Fatalities - 1965-2001
California, 47; Texas, 32; Alaska, 26; Florida, 22; New York, 19; Michigan, 18; Illinois, 18; North Carolina, 17; Georgia, 16.
[b]While at times informative, statistics on fatal dog attacks can also be misleading. For example, a number of cases were a Pit Bull, Rottweiler or GSD were counted as causing a human fatality were in reality the direct result of gross human negligence or criminal intent (i.e. discarding a newborn in the yard where the dogs were kept, or cases of extremely emaciated animals, or cases were the dog was ordered or encouraged to attack the victim).[/b]
[b]This study was conducted not to determine which breeds of dogs caused fatalities, but rather to examine the circumstances and events that precipitated an attack[/b]. Knowing how many Pit Bulls or Rottweilers caused a human fatality has little applicable value, only when examining each case individually can we hope to gain insight into the HUMAN and CANINE behaviors that contributed to these tragic events.
The preceding information and statistics are excerpts from the book:
http://www.fataldogattacks.com/statistics.html
The Stories Behind the Statistics
by Karen Delise
THE STATISTICS - FATAL DOG ATTACKS IN THE U.S. FROM 1965 - 2001 *
The study covers 431 documented human fatalities from a dog attack.
Location of Attack
25% of all fatal attacks were inflicted by chained dogs
25% resulted from dogs loose in their yard
23% occurred inside the home
17% resulted from attacks by dogs roaming off their property
10% involved leashed dogs or miscellaneous circumstances
Number of Dogs
68% of all fatal attacks were inflicted by a single dog
32% was the result of a multiple dog attack
Victim Profile
79% of all fatal attacks were on children under the age of 12
12% of the victims were the elderly, aged 65 - 94
9% of the victims were 13 - 64 years old
The age group with the highest number of fatalities were children under the age of 1 year old; accounting for 19% of the deaths due to dog attack. Over 95% of these fatalities occurred when an infant was left unsupervised with a dog(s).
The age group with the second-highest number of fatalities were 2-year-olds; accounting for 11% of the fatalities due to dog attack. Over 87% of these fatalities occurred when the 2-year-old child was left unsupervised with a dog(s) or the child wandered off to the location of the dog(s).
Boys aged 1 - 12 years old were 2.5 times more likely to be the victim of a fatal dog attack than girls of the same age.
Breeds Involved
Pit Bull and Pit-bull-type dogs (21%), Mixed breed dogs (16%),
Rottweilers (13%), German Shepherd Dogs (9%), Wolf Dogs (5%),
Siberian Huskies (5%), Malamutes (4%), Great Danes (3%),
St. Bernards (3%), Chow Chows (3%), Doberman Pinschers (3%),
other breeds & non-specified breeds (15%).
Reproductive Status of Dogs
Overwhelmingly, the dogs involved in fatal dog attacks were unaltered males.
From 2000-2001 there were 41 fatal dog attacks. Of these, 28 were attacks by a single dog and 13 fatalities were caused by multiple dogs.
Of the 28 single dogs responsible for a fatal attack between 2000-2001;
26 were males and 2 were females. Of the 26 males, 21 were found to be intact (the reproductive status of the remaining 5 males dogs could not be determined).
States with the Most Fatalities - 1965-2001
California, 47; Texas, 32; Alaska, 26; Florida, 22; New York, 19; Michigan, 18; Illinois, 18; North Carolina, 17; Georgia, 16.
[b]While at times informative, statistics on fatal dog attacks can also be misleading. For example, a number of cases were a Pit Bull, Rottweiler or GSD were counted as causing a human fatality were in reality the direct result of gross human negligence or criminal intent (i.e. discarding a newborn in the yard where the dogs were kept, or cases of extremely emaciated animals, or cases were the dog was ordered or encouraged to attack the victim).[/b]
[b]This study was conducted not to determine which breeds of dogs caused fatalities, but rather to examine the circumstances and events that precipitated an attack[/b]. Knowing how many Pit Bulls or Rottweilers caused a human fatality has little applicable value, only when examining each case individually can we hope to gain insight into the HUMAN and CANINE behaviors that contributed to these tragic events.
The preceding information and statistics are excerpts from the book:
http://www.fataldogattacks.com/statistics.html