Dog Attack Deaths and Maimings, U.S. & Canada, 1982 to 2012 |
Breed | Attacks Doing Bodily Harm | Child Victims | Adult Victims | Deaths | Maimings |
Akita |
65 |
42 |
19 |
8 |
47 |
Akita mix (unspecific) |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Akita/Chow Mix |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Akita/Lab Mix |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Akita/Terrier Mix |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Airedale/Boxer Mix |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Airedale |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Australian Blue Heeler |
13 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
Australian Shepherd |
7 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Australian Shepherd Mix
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Basset/GSD Mix |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Beagle |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Belgian Shepherd (Malinois)
|
7 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
Black Mouth Cur
|
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Blue Heeler |
5 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
Border Collie |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Boston Terrier
|
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Boxer
|
50 |
15 |
16 |
6 |
21 |
Boxer/Boston Terrier Mix
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Boxer/Bull Mastiff Mix
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Boxer/German Shepherd Mix
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Boxer Mix
|
4 |
2 |
2
|
1 |
3 |
Boxer/Sharpei Mix
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Briard |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Brittany Spaniel |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Bulldog (American) |
4 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
Bulldog (English) |
20 |
12 |
4 |
1 |
14 |
Bull Mastiff (Presa Canario) |
87 |
30 |
33 |
14 |
46 |
Bull Mastiff/German Shepherd |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Bull Mastiff/Rottweiler |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Bull Mastiff/Boxer
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Bull Terrier (Not Pit)
|
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Cane Corso/Italian Mastiff
|
13 |
1 |
8 |
1 |
8 |
Cane Corso/Pit Bull Mix
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Catahoula |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Catahoula/Pit Bull Mix
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Caucasian Shepherd
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Chesapeake Bay Retriever
|
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Chihuahua
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Chow |
55 |
36 |
16 |
7 |
37 |
Chow/German Shepherd Mix
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Chow/Husky Mix |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Chow/Lab Mix |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Chow/Sharpei Mix
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Chow Mix (Other) |
6 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
Cocker Spaniel |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Collie |
4 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
Collie/Retriever Mix |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Coonhound |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Dalmatian |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Dalmatian/Akita Mix |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Dachschund |
6 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
Doberman |
15 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
Doberman/Great Dane Mix
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Dogo Argentino
|
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Doge de Bordeaux |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
East Highland Terrier |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Fila Brasiero |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
German Shepherd |
96 |
60 |
28 |
14 |
59 |
German Shepherd Mix |
41 |
26 |
12 |
7 |
26 |
German Shepherd/Husky Mix |
6 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
German Shepherd/Lab Mix |
10 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
Golden Retriever |
11 |
9 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
Golden Retriever Mix |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Golden Retriever/Lab Mix |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Great Dane |
33 |
11 |
7 |
3 |
16 |
Great Pyrenees |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
Greyhound |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Hound Mix
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Husky |
71 |
44 |
5 |
24 |
20 |
Husky/Malamute Mix |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Husky/Lab Mix |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Jack Russell Terrier |
5 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
Jack Russell/English Bulldog
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Karelian Bear Dog
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Labrador |
49 |
33 |
14 |
3 |
38 |
Labrador Mix |
18 |
13 |
5 |
1 |
16 |
Labrador/Blue Heeler Mix |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Labrador/Boxer Mix |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Labrador/Doberman Mix |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Labrador/St. Bernard Mix |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Malamute |
8 |
7 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
Labrador Mix |
10 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
Mastiff |
13 |
11 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
Mastiff/Rhodesian Ridgeback
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Mini Pinscher
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Norweigan Elkhound |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Old English Sheep Dog |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
Old English Sheep Dog Mix |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Pit Bull
|
2,235 |
911 |
806 |
233 |
1,268 |
Pit Bull/Akita Mix |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Pit Bull/Boxer Mix |
27 |
11 |
10 |
2 |
17 |
Pit Bull/Chow Mix |
10 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
Pit Bull/Doberman Mix |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Pit Bull/Doberman/GSD/Lab |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Pit Bull/GSD Mix |
12 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
10 |
Pit Bull/Lab Mix |
25 |
20 |
6 |
5 |
18 |
Pit Bull/Rhodesian Ridgeback Mix |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Pit Bull/Rottweiler Mix |
49 |
10 |
8 |
2 |
14 |
Pit Bull/Sharpei Mix |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Pit Bull/Sheltie Mix |
7 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Pit Bull/Weimaraner Mix |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Pit Bull/Wolf Hybrid Mix |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Pit Bull Mix (Unknown) |
7 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
Pointer Mix |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Pomeranian |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Poodle |
4 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Poodle/Terrier Mix |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Pug |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Pug/Rottweiler Mix |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Queensland Heeler |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Rottweiler |
495 |
278 |
131 |
81 |
277 |
Rottweiler/Chow Mix |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Rottweiler/GSD Mix |
18 |
9 |
8 |
3 |
14 |
Rottweiler/Lab Mix |
7 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
Rottweiler/Mastiff Mix |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Russian Terrier |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Saint Bernard |
6 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Schnauzer |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Sharpei |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
Sharpei/Rottweiler Mix |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Sharpei Mix (Unknown) |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Sharpei/Lab Mix |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Shiba Inu
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Shih Tzu
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Springer Spaniel |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Terrier Mix (Not Pit Bull)
|
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Tosa |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Unidentified |
17 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
Weimaraner |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
West Highland Terrier
|
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
Wheaten Terrier |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Wolf Hybrid |
84 |
69 |
5 |
19 |
48 |
Total |
3,887 |
1,823 |
1,216 |
513 |
2,213 |
Breeds of dogs involved in human dog bite-related fatalities (DBRF) in the United States, by 2-year period, between 1983 and 1998. Death-based approach of counting most frequent purebreds and crossbreds involved in 7 or more human DBRF. |
Breed | 1983- 1984 | 1985- 1986 | 1987- 1988 | 1989- 1990 | 1991- 1992 | 1993- 1994 | 1995- 1996 | 1997- 1998 |
Purebred |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pit bull-type |
10 |
9 |
11* |
8 |
6 |
5 |
4* |
6 |
Rottweiler |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
German Shepard Dog |
4* |
1 |
1 |
4* |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
Husky-type |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
Malamute |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Doberman Pinscher |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Chow Chow |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
Great Dane |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Saint Bernard |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Crossbred |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wolf-dog hybrid |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
Mixed-breed |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
German Shepard Dog |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2† |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
Pit bull-type |
0 |
3 |
2† |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Husky-type |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Rottweiler |
0 |
0 |
1† |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Alaskan Malamute |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Chow Chow |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Doberman Pinscher |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Saint Bernard |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Great Dane |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1† |
No. deaths for which breed was known |
26* |
24 |
22 |
34* |
24 |
25 |
26* |
27 |
* Numbers differ from previous reports because police/guard dogs “at work” were excluded, and 1 new DBRF was identified as occurring in 1996. A purebred dog and a crossbred dog of this breed were involved in a single fatality; therefore, that breed is counted only once in the total column.
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