Dog Bites Final 1999-Current Agriculture

data.pa.gov | Last Updated 31 Mar 2020

Historical results of Dog Bites in Pennsylvania.

Tags: dog, bite, safety, agriculture

This dataset has the following 13 columns:

Column NameAPI Column NameData TypeDescriptionSample Values
Bite Datebite_datecalendar_dateThe date of the dog bite.
Victim Type Keyvictim_type_keynumberValid values are 1,2 or 3
Address Line 1address_line_1textDog Bite Victim Address
Address Line 2address_line_2textDog Bite Victim Address
CitycitytextDog Bite Victim city
Zip CodezipcodetextDog Bite Victim zip code
StatestatetextDog Bite Victim State
Entity Type Keyentity_type_keynumberValid Values 1 or 2
County Namecounty_nametextCounty Name if known when State Key is PA; can also be UNKNOWN When State Key is not PA. County Name can be UNKNOWN or OUT-OF-STATE
County Code Numbercounty_code_numbernumberThere are 67 counties in Pennsylvania. They are number 1 through 67 in alphabetical order; 0 identifies the statewide totals.
County Code Textcounty_code_texttextThere are 67 counties in Pennsylvania. They are number 01 through 67 in alphabetical order; 00 identifies the statewides totals. This column has the codes formatted as text fields to integrate with other files where county codes are used in place of names and for easier coding within certain software
FIPS County Codefips_county_codetextLast 3 digits of the 5-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code that designate the county association. Each state has its own 2-digit number and each county within the state has its own 3-digit number which are combined into a 5-digit number to uniquely identify every US county.
Georeferenced Latitude and Longitudegeocoded_columnpointA georeferenced Latitude & Longitude point within the county calculated from the address. These points can be used to create visualizations such as maps to show the data by county.