Table 1

Demographic characteristics of dog bite cases (n=7912)

Characteristic	n	%	Characteristic	n	%	P value
Gender
Male	3413	43				<0.001*
Female	4490	57
Not reported	9	<1
Age	Age range
0	421	5	0–2	2452	30
1	1003	12
2	1028	13
3	813	10	3–5	2189	27
4	723	9
5	653	8
6	572	7	6–12	2763	34
7	468	6
8	437	5
9	431	5
10	375	5
11	308	4
12	172	2
13	161	2	13–17	508	6
14	129	2
15	78	1
16	69	<1
17	71	<1

*One-sample test of proportion used to show difference between distributions of gender in sample and US population.