Differences in dog bite severity according to age at dog bite (n=7912)
| Characteristic | Age range (years) | ||||||
| Median age | 0–2 | 3–5 | 6–12 | 13–17 | Total | P value | |
| Injury severity (AIS) | <0.001* | ||||||
| Minor (1) | 5 | 1887 | 1744 | 2232 | 424 | 6287 | |
| Moderate (2) | 5 | 334 | 317 | 398 | 73 | 1122 | |
| Serious (3) | 3 | 157 | 100 | 117 | 9 | 383 | |
| Severe (4) | 1 | 65 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 99 | |
| Critical (5) | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
| Maximum (6) | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Not assigned | 2.5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
*Spearman’s rank correlation, rho, used to show age as a predictor of severity of injury.