Reese Laura A, Vertalka Joshua J
Urban and Regional Planning and Political Science, Michigan State University, Human Ecology Building 552 W. Circle Drive, Room 208A, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
Global Urban Studies, Michigan State University, 509 E. Circle Drive, RM 447, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
Animals (Basel). 2020 Apr 11;10(4):666. doi: 10.3390/ani10040666.
Dog bites can have an array of negative health impacts on victims. Research focusing on the correlates of bites focused on limited sets of variables and produced conflicting findings.
To expand knowledge about the correlates of dog bites by exploring a comprehensive set of variables related to the nature of the dog and the circumstances surrounding the bite not commonly explored in extant research.
Data were drawn from police department reports of dog bites in the city of Detroit between 2007-2015; 478 dog bites were reported. Multiple regression was used to determine the significant correlates of dog bites, focusing on the nature of the dog and the circumstances surrounding the bite.
Bites were caused by a neighborhood dog. Thirty-two percent of the reports involved dogs running loose; 25% dogs that had escaped from a fenced or unfenced yard; 9% escaped from their home; and 8% had broken off a chain, were being walked, or were in their own home. Based on multiple regression, the victim was most likely bitten in their own yard by a single neighborhood dog that escaped from its home or yard. Breed of dog was not correlated with bites in multiple regression.
The greatest risk of bites does not come from wandering feral dogs. Based on multiple regression, the victim was most likely bitten in their own yard by a single neighborhood dog that escaped from its home or yard. Human error often contributes to bites.
狗咬伤会对受害者产生一系列负面健康影响。以往关于咬伤相关因素的研究聚焦于有限的变量集，结果相互矛盾。
通过探究与狗的特性以及咬伤发生时周围环境相关的一整套变量，以拓展对狗咬伤相关因素的认识，这些变量在现有研究中通常未被探讨。
数据来源于底特律市2007年至2015年警方关于狗咬伤的报告；共报告了478起狗咬伤事件。采用多元回归分析来确定狗咬伤的显著相关因素，重点关注狗的特性和咬伤时的周围环境。
咬伤由附近的狗造成。32%的报告涉及狗四处乱跑；25%的报告涉及从有围栏或无围栏院子逃脱的狗；9%的报告涉及从家中逃脱的狗；8%的报告涉及挣脱链子、正在被遛或在家中的狗。基于多元回归分析，受害者最有可能在自家院子里被从家中或院子逃脱的附近的一只狗咬伤。在多元回归分析中，狗的品种与咬伤无关。
咬伤的最大风险并非来自流浪野狗。基于多元回归分析，受害者最有可能在自家院子里被从家中或院子逃脱的附近的一只狗咬伤。人为失误往往是导致咬伤的原因。
