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Even more surprised to see dogs in the fourth spot (third according to BBC). Are most of these pets or stray dogs?
by agnosticmantis 3y ago
Even more surprised to see dogs in the fourth spot (third according to BBC).
Are most of these pets or stray dogs?
- nukeman 3y agoThe cause is mostly rabies infections acquired from either strays or village/communal dogs (not quite pets, but not strays either).
- tyleo 3y agoDo you have a reference?
- nukeman 3y agoPer the CDC, they estimate 59,000 deaths worldwide due to rabies, with the vast majority caused by dogs. There may be more deaths that are unreported. https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/location/world/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/location/world/index.html
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- tyleo 3y agoMy understanding (which may be wrong) is that it is disproportionately due to Pit Bulls. A quick google search turned this up: https://coloradoinjurylaw.com/blog/dog-bite-statistics/ https://coloradoinjurylaw.com/blog/dog-bite-statistics/
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- js2 3y agoRabies. From the BBC citation: > Rabid dogs are responsible for the deaths of an estimated 25,000 people per year. In countries where dogs commonly carry rabies they are involved in up to 99% of infections, according to the WHO. Countries with large numbers of stray dogs, including India, are the worst affected. According to the WHO, about 36% of the world's rabies deaths - 20,000 of about 55,000 deaths worldwide - occur in India each year, most of those when children come into contact with infected dogs. > Dying from an actual dog bite is much more rare. There is no reliable worldwide data, but of the estimated 4.5 million dog bites in the US every year, only about 30 people die on average.