Fig. 1

Dog bite incidence rates by year ^a Significantly higher than all pre-pandemic rates, p < 0.01 ^b Significantly higher than pre-pandemic first 12 months incidence rate, p < 0.01 ^c Significantly higher than the post-pandemic second 12 months, p < 0.01 ^* The first 12 months covered March 2018 through February 2019 for the pre-pandemic group and March 2020 through February 2021 for the post pandemic group ^{^} The second 12 months covered March 2019 through February 2020 for the pre-pandemic group and March 2021 through February 2022 for the post pandemic group