Dog Bite Statistics

Dogs, Deer and Mosquitoes could go the way of the Dodo, in my ideal world.

"There is a dog bite epidemic in the United States. In a 10-year period, the number of dogs rose by 2% while the number of bites increased by 37%. There are almost 5 million victims annually -- about 2% of the entire population. 800,000 need medical attention. 1,000 per day need treatment in hospital emergency rooms. Between 15 and 20 die per year. Most of the victims are children, almost always bitten in the face by the family dog or a friend's dog."
-- (via J-Walk)