Rate of dog bite victims in England 2014-2015, by age statistics

This statistic shows hospital admission episodes for dog bites and strikes per 100,000 population in England from March 2014 to February 2015, by area. The area with the highest incidence of such attacks was Merseyside. With 27 admissions per 100,000 population, this was 19.7 more than the lowest ranking area of Kent and Medway.

Hospital admission episodes for dog bites and strikes per 100,000 population in England from March 2014 to February 2015, by area

Characteristic	Incidents per 100,000 population
Merseyside	27
Durham, Darlington and Tees	24.9
Thames Valley	23.9
West Yorkshire	22.9
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear	21.7
South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw	17.1
Greater Manchester	16
Lancashire	15.7
North Yorkshire and Humber	15
Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral	13.2
Essex	13.2
Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset and South Gloucestershire	13
Birmingham and the Black Country	12.9
Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly	12.3
Bath, Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire	11.9
Arden, Herefordshire and Worcestershire	11.3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire	11.2
Hertfordshire and the South Midlands	10.3
East Anglia	10.2
Shropshire and Staffordshire	10.2
Wessex	10.1
Leicestershire and Lincolnshire	9.3
Surrey and Sussex	8.3
London	8.2
Kent and Medway	7.3

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May 2015

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

March 2014 to February 2015

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This statistic using original data from the Health and Social Care Information Centre and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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