Differences in injury severity (AIS) according to dog bite body region (n=7912)
| Characteristic | Injury severity (AIS) | |||||||||
| Median severity | Minor (1) | Moderate (2) | Serious (3) | Severe (4) | Critical (5) | Maximum (6) | Not assigned | Total | P value | |
| Injury body region | <0.001* | |||||||||
| Head | 1 | 439 | 169 | 144 | 86 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 852 | |
| Face | 1 | 3046 | 503 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3594 | |
| Neck | 1 | 172 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 216 | |
| Thorax | 1 | 142 | 6 | 48 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 207 | |
| Abdomen | 1 | 176 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 226 | |
| Spine | 2 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |
| Upper extremity | 1 | 726 | 210 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1031 | |
| Lower extremity | 1 | 364 | 123 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 512 | |
| Unspecified | 1 | 1214 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1251 | |
*Kruskal-Wallis test used to show body region of injury as a predictor of injury severity.