The changing epidemiology of dog bite injuries in the United States, 2005–2018

Table 5 Correlations Between Selected Demographic Characteristics and (1) Percent of Dogs Who are Neutered/Spayed and (2) Percent of Dogs Which are Pit Bulls in New York City United Health Fund Districts: 2015–2017

Demographic Characteristic	Percent of Dogs who are Neutered/Spayed Correlation Coefficient (N = 62)	Percent of Dogs Which are Pit Bulls Correlation Coefficient (N = 42)
Population density (per sq. mile)	−0.01	− 0.19
Percent non-Hispanic white	0.82^***	−0.72^***
Percent non-Hispanic black	−0.57^***	0.75^***
Percent non-Hispanic Asian	0.35^*	−0.58^***
Percent Hispanic	−0.64^***	0.45^**
Median family income^a	0.64^***	−0.61^***
Per capita income^a	0.57^**	−0.63^***
Percent of families below the poverty level	−0.72^***	.58^***
Percent of population 25 years of age and older who have a B.A. degree or more	0.67^***	−0.67^***
Percent of population with no health insurance	−0.48^**	0.25
Percent of insured population with public health insurance	- 0.73^**	0.58^***

^aMedian family income and per capita income were calculated by computing the median values of these two variables for all zip codes within each UHF district
Significance level: ^*p < .05
^** p < 0.01
^*** p < 0.001

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