Stats of our lives: The canine cliché

The Postal Service's persistent dog-bites-man problem — and more in our collection of surprising facts and figures

The canine cliché
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Dog attacks on postal employees in Los Angeles in 2012 — the most of any U.S. city

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4.7 million

Americans bitten by dogs each year

Source: Los Angeles Times

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Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.