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Scaled by population, at least for CA/TX: 39.51M / 782 = 72139 29M / 402 = 50524 Surprisingly higher rate, especially considering I'd -guess- more dogs in CA
by erulabs 5y ago
Scaled by population, at least for CA/TX:
39.51M / 782 = 72139
29M / 402 = 50524
Surprisingly higher rate, especially considering I'd -guess- more dogs in CA are kept indoors, although obviously the dog-ownership-rate is another important adjustment. This is all fairly meaningless data without loads more controls.
- CameronNemo 5y agoErm aren't these numbers people per dog attack? So the higher number means fewer per capita attacks? Seems like a weird way to calculate a rate. Regardless, label your units people!
- maxerickson 5y agoIsn't Texas often hot enough that it would be unfriendly to leave dog outside?
- foo92691 5y agoYou swapped the results, and should be computing the reciprocal anyway. 782 bites / 39.51 M people = 19.8 bites per million people per year (CA) 402 bites / 29 M people = 13.9 bites per million people per year (TX)
- pwinnski 5y agoWhy would you guess more dogs are kept indoors in California? Much of Texas gets too hot for dogs to live outdoors during the summer.