70253
ED visits per year
verified
Annual US ED visits for cat-caused bite/sting injuries
as of 2026-09-07 · license: public-domain
- NEISS-AIP records the injury source as 'cat' but includes scratches as well as bites; not a pure bite count.
- Nationally representative ED-visit estimate (weighted sample), not a census of all cat bites/scratches -- most are not treated in an ED.
Source
Wilderness & Environmental Medicine / CDC (NEISS-AIP) — Langley R, Mack K, Haileyesus T, Proescholdbell S, Annest JL. National Estimates of Noncanine Bite and Sting Injuries Treated in US Hospital Emergency Departments, 2001-2010. Wilderness Environ Med. 2014;25(1):14-23.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wem.2013.08.007
retrieved 2026-09-07
Method
Quoted verbatim from the source above.