Dunc Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Hospital admissions for dog bites have risen in England by more than 5% on last year. Figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre show that 6,450 people were admitted during the 12 months to April this year, compared with 6,130 the previous year. The worst-affected group was children aged under 10, who accounted for more than 1,000 admissions. Three-quarters of those children needed surgery. Of the 1,040 admissions among children aged under 10 for dog bites and strikes, 494 admissions were for plastic surgery and 278 were to the oral and facial surgery unit. During the 12 months from May 2011 to April 2012, hospital admissions for all conditions increased by 1.3%. Trauma unitThe figures also show that hospital admissions for males stayed constant between the ages of 10 and 45 and then decreased with increasing age. Females' admission rates were lower between the ages of 10 and 45 and then similar to men's at older ages. For adults there was a higher rate of admissions to the trauma and orthopaedic treatment unit, three per 100,000 for adults aged 20 to 29 and four per 100,000 for adults aged 40 to 49 compared with one per 100,000 for under-10s. Admission rates per head of population were highest in the North East Strategic Health Authority (551 admissions in total) and lowest in London (574) and the South East Coast (299). HSCIC chief executive Tim Straughan said the data provided an insight into the injuries sustained too. "Through further analysis, it is also possible to infer a likely distinction in the type of injuries sustained by child and adult victims of dog bites and strikes; with children having a higher rate of admission to the specialities that carry out plastic and specialist facial surgery." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Povodny Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 We've been to a&e twice in the last 10 months with dog bites :/ I got bitten in the leg an daughters bf on hand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranormal Wolf Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 And if I'm not mistaken pit bulls are banned there so that just helps show BSL does not help reduce the number of dog bites ... Just throwing that out there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elyse Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 I wonder why the number of cases has increased...or maybe just the number of reported cases have increased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed #5 Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 I wonder why the number of cases has increased...or maybe just the number of reported cases have increased. I'd think more probably the latter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valkyries Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 been lucky as in no A&E visits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranormal Wolf Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Just curious whats A&E stand for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBlaze n Skyla Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Just curious whats A&E stand for? Accident & emergency Sent from my ST18i using Forum Runner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranormal Wolf Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Accident & emergency Sent from my ST18i using Forum Runner Ahh that makes sense! I figured the E was emergency but couldn't figure out the A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Melsom Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 More irresponsible owners and untrained dogs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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