*Occurrence of Dog Bites and Rabies within Humans in Srinagar, Kashmir DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.98227*


*Figures in parentheses indicate percentage.*

*\*indicates difference at 5% level of significance.*

#### **Table 7.**

*Distribution of dog bite victims according to site of bite and zone.*

### **Figure 2.**

*Site of bite.*


*\*indicates difference at 5% level of significance.*

#### **Table 8.**

*Distribution of dog bite victims according to category of bite and zone.*


#### **Table 9.**

*Distribution of dog bite victims who received immunoglobin treatment according to zone.*

zones. Statistically, there was a nonsignificant difference concerning the time of exposure for different zones. **Table 6** depicts victims according to the time of reporting for different zones. In the east zone, 42.63% victims reported in the evening, 36.54% reported in the morning, 14.21% reported in the daytime, and 6.59% reported in the nighttime. **Table 7** depicts victims according to the site of the bite. In the east zone, 63.45% of victims had bites on the legs, 13.19% had bites on the hands, arms, and shoulders, 7.01% had bites on the buttocks, 13.19% had bites on the knees and thighs, 1.01% had bites on the face, and 2.03% had bites on the abdomen and back. Likewise, the other zones showed a similar trend. Statistically, there was a nonsignificant difference concerning the site of bite for different zones (**Figure 2**). **Table 8** depicts victims according to the category of bite. In the east zone, 76.14% of victims had category 3 bites, while 23.85% had category 2 bites. A similar pattern was observed for the other zones. **Table 9** depicts victims according to those who received immunoglobin treatment. In the east zone, 87.30% of victims received immunoglobin, while 12.69% did not. The other zones showed a similar distribution. Statistically, there was a nonsignificant difference in receiving immunoglobin for different zones.
