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Old 08-23-2011, 07:34 AM  
Jel
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Originally Posted by GatorB View Post
Humans killed by dogs in US in 2010 - 34
Humans killed by other humans in US 2010 - 17,000

Now consider there are 78 million dogs and 310 million humans in the US.

# of deaths compared to number of dogs. 1 dog related death per 2.3 million dogs.
# of deaths compared to number of humans. 1 human related death per 18,000 humans.

a child is 500X more likely to be killed by another human than a dog.
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Originally Posted by 12clicks View Post
you're right.


here's a chart showing how dangerous pit bulls are:
http://www.dogsbite.org/bite-study-deaths-maimings.htm

guess what breed leads the group by far in attacks?
Wait, 0.41% of the pitbull population (nice stat move, bringing in all dogs and not just pitbulls btw), compared to 0.005% of the human population? But a child is 500x more likely blahblahbollocksblah
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