Fatal Dog Attacks in Italy (2009-2025): The Urgent Need for a National Risk Registry.

Animals (Basel) · 2025 · PMC12729952 · PMID 41463808

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.17not close (p > 0.1)

Although a higher number of male victims was observed, the difference did not reach statistical significance when tested against a uniform distribution (χ 2 = 1.85; p = 0.17).

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an increasing trendno p-value reported

A total of 54 fatal attacks were recorded, with an increasing trend observed in the last five years.

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