6 in 1,000 people in India experience dog bites yearly: ICMR study

A study by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases said approximately six in every 1,000 people in India experienced a dog bite each year. “The weighted incidence, after adjusting for clustering, was 6.6 per 1,000 people for animal bites and 5.6 per 1,000 for dog bites annually,” it stated.