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QuickStats: Trends in rate of dog-bite injuries treated in Emergency Departments, 2011-2017
- Date2018-10-04 21:17
- Update2018-10-04 21:29
- DivisionDivision of Strategic Planning for Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Trends in rate of dog-bite injuries treated in Emergency Departments, 2011-2017
The rate of dog bite injuries (which is the number of dog bite injuries per 1,000 treated at the Emergency Departments participating in the “Emergency Department-based Injury In-depth Surveillance”) was 8.2 in 2017. This equates to the 1.4 times the rate of 5.7 in 2011, and the general trend was on increase. In addition, the proportion of dog bites amongst all anamal-bite injuries treated at emergency departments was also on increase (73.5% in 2011, 76.1% in 2017) (Figure A).
Source: Emergency Department-based Injury In-depth Surveillance
Reported by: Division of Chronic Disease Control, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The rate of dog bite injuries (which is the number of dog bite injuries per 1,000 treated at the Emergency Departments participating in the “Emergency Department-based Injury In-depth Surveillance”) was 8.2 in 2017. This equates to the 1.4 times the rate of 5.7 in 2011, and the general trend was on increase. In addition, the proportion of dog bites amongst all anamal-bite injuries treated at emergency departments was also on increase (73.5% in 2011, 76.1% in 2017) (Figure A).
Source: Emergency Department-based Injury In-depth Surveillance
Reported by: Division of Chronic Disease Control, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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