Basic Summary for Animal bite

Main name of condition: Animal bite

What is Animal bite?
  Brief description of Animal bite: The physical bite from any animal
  Parent types of Animal bite: Diseases contagious from animals
  Types of Animal bite: Cat bite, Dog bite, Human bite, Rat bite, Fox bite, Snake bite

How serious is Animal bite?
Deaths for Animal bite: less than 0.02 per 100,000 with 7 cases of deaths from "bites and stings" in Canada 1997¹
Complications of Animal bite: see complications of Animal bite

What are the symptoms of Animal bite?
Symptoms of Animal bite: see symptoms of Animal bite

How is it treated?
Treatments for Animal bite: see treatments for Animal bite

Society issues for Animal bite
Hospitalization statistics for Animal bite: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Animal bite:

0.005% (628) of hospital consultant episodes were for toxic effect of contact with venomous animals in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
95% of hospital consultant episodes for toxic effect of contact with venomous animals required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
65% of hospital consultant episodes for toxic effect of contact with venomous animals were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
35% of hospital consultant episodes for toxic effect of contact with venomous animals were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
66% of hospital consultant episodes for toxic effect of contact with venomous animals required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
1.3 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for toxic effect of contact with venomous animals in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
1 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for toxic effect of contact with venomous animals in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
41 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for toxic effect of contact with venomous animals in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
70% of hospital consultant episodes for toxic effect of contact with venomous animals occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
2% of hospital consultant episodes for toxic effect of contact with venomous animals occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
30% of hospital consultant episodes for toxic effect of contact with venomous animals were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.001% (506) of hospital bed days were for toxic effect of contact with venomous animals in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

Footnotes:
1. Canadian Injury Data, Statistics Canada, 1996-1997

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