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J S Marr

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Rat bites support need for in-home control: an epidemiologic study of rat bites in New York City, 1974-1978.

Rat bite reports in New York City during the years 1974-1978 were analyzed by time, place and person characteristics. Rat bites showed a general decline over the five-year period, from 226 reported bites in 1974 to 162 reports in 1978 (2/100,000 population). The decrease in reported bites from areas with active rodent control programs was twice the decrease from areas without such programs. The highest rates were reported from the health districts of the Lower East Side of Manhattan and the Williamsburg-Greenpoint section of Brooklyn. Rat bite rates in reported incidents are highest in children under age five, with no significant difference between sexes. Of the 1069 reported rat bites for the five-year period, 41.4% occurred on the hand, particularly the fingers, and 87.9% occurred indoors. The use of rat bite reports is a mechanism to identify high risk groups and areas of rodent infestation as well as indicating the success of rodent control programs.

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An epidemiologic study of the human bite.

The 892 human bites reported to the New York City Department of Health in 1977 were analyzed by time, place, and the victim's characteristics. The bites appeared to have a seasonality, increasing in March and exceeding the mean monthly average through August. The bite rate for the entire city, 10.7 per 100,000 population, was exceeded in 5 of the 10 Brooklyn health districts; one of these districts reported a rate of 60.9 human bites per 100,000 population. Most of the bites with identifiable locations occurred indoors (63.2 percent). In 72.8 percent of the bite episodes in which the activities surrounding them were known, these activities were aggressive in nature. Males exceeded females as bite victims in all age groups except those 10-20 and 55-60 years. Bites of the upper extremity accounted for 61.2 percent of the total bites. Left-sided bites exceeded right-sided, except for the hand. In frequency of reported occurrence, the human bite ranks third, after the dog bite and the cat bite. Human bites may be a useful indicator of antisocial behavior.

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