Dog-related injuries

This report on dog-related injury is the second in a new series of statistical reports from the National Injury Surveillance Unit. Under the title NISU Briefing, these reports are designed to be short, accessible and focused on a specific topic. They will be released primarily in electronic form. The NISU Briefing on dog-related injury uses deaths and hospitalisations data for Australia to examine patterns of injury from dog bites and other types of dog-related attacks.