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How much do dogs bite in New York City

This dashboard shows statistics of dog bites in New York City in 2017. It shows that there were total of 3072 bites. The bar chart below shows which were the top three biters per breed. Although, there are certain patterns that might suggest that Pit Bulls are the most aggressive, it might just be the case that there are more of them in New York in comparison to other breeds. Queens and Brooklyn are the two boroughs with the highest percentage of bites 27% and 22% respectively.

Table of Dog Bites in New York in 2017

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Three breeds with the highest number of bites in 2017

Bites based on dog’s gender and whether they were spayed/neutered