Hundreds of dog bites are reported every year in Pennsylvania. Unfortunately dog bite injuries continually happen and in some states the rate of personal injury from dog attacks is increasing. In 1995 the Pennsylvania Department of Health found that:

• 469 hospital discharges from dog bite injuries were reported in Pennsylvania.
• Children aged 0-9 had the highest dog bite injury hospitalization rate in Pennsylvania.
• 46% of school children had been bitten by a dog by the time they reached 12th grade.
• Over 50% of dog bite victims in Pennsylvania were 30 years old or younger.
• Males had a slightly higher dog bite injury hospitalization rate than females in Pennsylvania.
• The hospital charges for dog bite injuries in Pennsylvania in 1995 exceeded $3.4 million.
• The median length of a hospital stay for dog bite injury victim in Pennsylvania was 3 days.
• Only 1 victim in 1995 died in Pennsylvania from a dog bite injury.

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