Table 2. Demographic data for the 74 dogs owned by the 31 respondents in a survey conducted in the indigenous communities of the Northern Peninsular Area (NPA), Australia, 2015.

Variable	Category	Number	%
Dog gender	Female	36	49
	Male	38	51
Desexed	Yes	13	18
	No	61	82
Dog age (years)	<1	6	8
	1 to 4	28	38
	5 to 8	11	15
	9+	4	5
	Unknown	25	34
Dog birth place	Local1	41	55
	Weipa	5	7
	Cairns	13	18
	Other2	7	10
	Unknown	8	11

¹ Local = within Northern Peninsula Area Communities

² Other includes Lockhart, Archer River, Torres Strait Islands, Townsville and Thursday Island (all locations are in North Queensland).