Table 4. Temporal relationships among the time of first diagnosis of depression and cat or dog bites.

		Patients with Cat Bites and Depression (n = 310)			Patients with Dog Bites and Depression (n = 318)
		Depressiondiagnosed first	Bite diagnosed first	Diagnosed on same day	Depressiondiagnosed first	Bite diagnosed first	Diagnosed on same day
		n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
Total patients		220 (71.0)	84 (27.1)	6 (1.9)	196 (61.6)	115 (36.2)	7 (2.2)
Gender	F	190 (86.4)	70 (83.3)	5 (83.3)	138 (70.4)	63 (54.8)	5 (71.4)
	M	30 (13.6)	14 (16.7)	1 (16.7)	58 (29.6)	52 (45.2)	2 (28.6)