Table 4.
Odds ratio and the 95% confidence interval (CI) of each breed group for every complaint code.
| No Treatment | Abandoned | Cruelty a | Insufficient Food and/or Water | No Shelter | No Exercise/Confined/Tethered | Hot Animal in Car | Baiting and Poisoning | Poor Dog Condition | Overcrowding | Knowingly Allowing an Animal to Kill/Injure Another | Poor Living Condition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hounds/Gundogs | 1.00 (0.89, 1.12) | 0.92 (0.82, 1.04) | 1.17 (1.03, 1.33) | 0.96 (0.87, 1.07) | 0.74 (0.64, 0.85) | 1.10 (0.99, 1.23) | 0.82 (0.68, 0.99) | 0.77 (0.54, 1.12) | 1.47 (1.32, 1.62) | 1.56 (0.94, 2.57) | 2.44 (1.38, 4.29) | 1.10 (0.97, 1.24) |
| Non-Sporting/Gundogs | 1.31 (1.19, 1.45) | 0.94 (0.85, 1.05) | 0.83 (0.74, 0.94) | 0.88 (0.80, 0.96) | 0.67 (0.59, 0.76) | 0.75 (0.68, 0.83) | 1.62 (1.41, 1.87) | 0.67 (0.48, 0.94) | 1.65 (1.51, 1.80) | 1.12 (0.69, 1.80) | 0.55 (0.27, 1.13) | 1.05 (0.94, 1.17) |
| Terrier/Gundogs | 1.31 (1.19, 1.45) | 1.08 (0.99, 1.18) | 1.28 (1.16, 1.41) | 1.01 (0.94, 1.09) | 0.88 (0.80, 0.97) | 1.06 (0.98, 1.15) | 1.22 (1.08, 1.38) | 0.49 (0.37, 0.64) | 1.01 (0.94, 1.09) | 0.70 (0.46, 1.06) | 1.76 (1.08, 2.85) | 1.02 (0.94, 1.12) |
| Toys/Gundogs | 1.50 (1.36, 1.66) | 0.92 (0.83, 1.02) | 0.97 (0.86, 1.08) | 0.63 (0.58, 0.70) | 0.41 (0.36, 0.48) | 0.51 (0.46, 0.57) | 2.67 (2.34, 3.05) | 0.85 (0.62, 1.16) | 1.07 (0.97, 1.17) | 2.08 (1.35, 3.20) | 0.71 (0.36, 1.38) | 0.98 (0.88, 1.09) |
| Utility/Gundogs | 0.98 (0.89, 1.07) | 1.03 (0.94, 1.13) | 1.01 (0.91, 1.12) | 1.12 (1.03, 1.22) | 1.13 (1.02, 1.26) | 1.38 (1.26, 1.50) | 0.49 (0.42, 0.57) | 0.50 (0.36, 0.68) | 1.45 (1.34, 1.57) | 0.76 (0.48, 1.20) | 1.21 (0.71, 2.06) | 1.10 (1.00, 1.21) |
| Working Dogs/Gundogs | 0.93 (0.85, 1.01) | 0.95 (0.87, 1.03) | 1.15 (1.04, 1.26) | 1.01 (0.93, 1.09) | 1.09 (0.99, 1.20) | 1.32 (1.22, 1.43) | 0.97 (0.85, 1.10) | 0.65 (0.50, 0.85) | 1.13 (1.04, 1.22) | 1.22 (0.82, 1.83) | 1.19 (0.71, 1.97) | 1.09 (0.99, 1.19) |
| Non-Sporting/Hounds | 1.31 (1.18, 1.46) | 1.02 (0.91, 1.15) | 0.71 (0.62, 0.81) | 0.91 (0.82, 1.01) | 0.91 (0.78, 1.05) | 0.68 (0.61, 0.76) | 1.97 (1.66, 2.34) | 0.87 (0.59, 1.28) | 1.13 (1.03, 1.24) | 0.72 (0.45, 1.15) | 0.22 (0.12, 0.44) | 0.96 (0.85, 1.07) |
| Terrier/Hounds | 1.06 (0.96, 1.17) | 1.17 (1.06, 1.30) | 1.09 (0.98, 1.21) | 1.05 (0.96, 1.14) | 1.19 (1.05, 1.35) | 0.96 (0.88, 1.05) | 1.49 (1.27, 1.73) | 0.63 (0.45, 0.88) | 0.69 (0.64, 0.75) | 0.45 (0.30, 0.68) | 0.72 (0.49, 1.06) | 0.93 (0.84, 1.03) |
| Toys/Hounds | 1.51 (1.35, 1.68) | 1.00 (0.89, 1.12) | 0.82 (0.73, 0.93) | 0.66 (0.59, 0.73) | 0.56 (0.48, 0.66) | 0.47 (0.42, 0.52) | 3.25 (2.76, 3.82) | 1.10 (0.76, 1.59) | 0.73 (0.66, 0.80) | 1.33 (0.87, 2.03) | 0.29 (0.16, 0.53) | 0.89 (0.80, 1.00) |
| Utility/Hounds | 0.98 (0.88, 1.09) | 1.12 (1.00, 1.24) | 0.86 (0.77, 0.96) | 1.16 (1.06, 1.28) | 1.54 (1.35, 1.75) | 1.25 (1.14, 1.37) | 0.60 (0.49, 0.72) | 0.64 (0.44, 0.93) | 0.99 (0.91, 1.08) | 0.49 (0.31, 0.77) | 0.50 (0.32, 0.78) | 1.00 (0.90, 1.12) |
| Working Dogs/Hounds | 0.93 (0.84, 1.02) | 1.03 (0.93, 1.13) | 0.98 (0.88, 1.09) | 1.04 (0.95, 1.14) | 1.48 (1.31, 1.68) | 1.20 (1.09, 1.31) | 1.17 (1.00, 1.38) | 0.84 (0.60, 1.17) | 0.77 (0.71, 0.83) | 0.78 (0.53, 1.16) | 0.49 (0.32, 0.74) | 0.99 (0.90, 1.10) |
| Terrier/Non-Sporting | 0.81 (0.75, 0.87) | 1.15 (1.06, 1.25) | 1.53 (1.40, 1.69) | 1.15 (1.07, 1.24) | 1.32 (1.18, 1.46) | 1.41 (1.30, 1.53) | 0.75 (0.68, 0.84) | 0.73 (0.54, 0.98) | 0.61 (0.57, 0.66) | 0.62 (0.42, 0.92) | 3.21 (1.77, 5.81) | 0.97 (0.90, 1.06) |
| Toys /Non-Sporting | 1.15 (1.05, 1.25) | 0.98 (0.88, 1.08) | 1.16 (1.03, 1.30) | 0.72 (0.66, 0.80) | 0.62 (0.53, 0.72) | 0.68 (0.61, 0.76) | 1.65 (1.47, 1.85) | 1.27 (0.91, 1.77) | 0.65 (0.59, 0.70) | 1.86 (1.25, 2.76) | 1.30 (0.61, 2.74) | 0.94 (0.84, 1.04) |
| Utility/Non-Sporting | 0.75 (0.69, 0.81) | 1.09 (1.00, 1.19) | 1.21 (1.09, 1.34) | 1.28 (1.18, 1.39) | 1.70 (1.52, 1.90) | 1.83 (1.68, 1.99) | 0.30 (0.26, 0.35) | 0.74 (0.53, 1.03) | 0.88 (0.82, 0.94) | 0.68 (0.44, 1.04) | 2.20 (1.17, 4.16) | 1.05 (0.96, 1.15) |
| Working Dogs/Non-Sporting | 0.71 (0.65, 0.76) | 1.00 (0.92, 1.09) | 1.38 (1.25, 1.52) | 1.15 (1.07, 1.24) | 1.63 (1.47, 1.81) | 1.76 (1.62, 1.90) | 0.60 (0.53, 0.66) | 0.97 (0.72, 1.30) | 0.68 (0.64, 0.73) | 1.09 (0.76, 1.58) | 2.17 (1.17, 3.99) | 1.04 (0.95, 1.13) |
| Toys/Terrier | 1.42 (1.32, 1.53) | 0.85 (0.78, 0.92) | 0.75 (0.69, 0.83) | 0.63 (0.58, 0.68) | 0.47 (0.41, 0.53) | 0.48 (0.44, 0.53) | 2.19 (2.00, 2.40) | 1.75 (1.33, 2.30) | 1.05 (0.98, 1.13) | 2.98 (2.15, 4.14) | 0.40 (0.24, 0.68) | 0.96 (0.88, 1.04) |
| Utility/Terrier | 0.92 (0.87, 0.99) | 0.95 (0.89, 1.01) | 0.79 (0.73, 0.85) | 1.11 (1.05, 1.18) | 1.29 (1.20, 1.39) | 1.29 (1.22, 1.37) | 0.40 (0.35, 0.46) | 1.02 (0.77, 1.34) | 1.43 (1.35, 1.52) | 1.09 (0.76, 1.57) | 0.69 (0.49, 0.96) | 1.08 (1.01, 1.15) |
| Working Dogs/Terrier | 0.87 (0.83, 0.93) | 0.87 (0.82, 0.93) | 0.90 (0.84, 0.95) | 1.00 (0.95, 1.05) | 1.24 (1.16, 1.33) | 1.24 (1.18, 1.31) | 0.79 (0.73, 0.86) | 1.34 (1.07, 1.67) | 1.11 (1.06, 1.17) | 1.76 (1.32, 2.34) | 0.68 (0.50, 0.90) | 1.06 (1.00, 1.13) |
| Utility/Toys | 0.65 (0.60, 0.71) | 1.12 (1.02, 1.22) | 1.04 (0.94, 1.15) | 1.77 (1.62, 1.92) | 2.75 (2.42, 3.13) | 2.68 (2.44, 2.94) | 0.18 (0.16, 0.21) | 0.58 (0.43, 0.80) | 1.36 (1.26, 1.47) | 0.37 (0.25, 0.53) | 1.70 (0.96, 3.00) | 1.12 (1.03, 1.23) |
| Working Dogs/Toys | 0.62 (0.57, 0.66) | 1.03 (0.95, 1.12) | 1.19 (1.09, 1.30) | 1.59 (1.46, 1.72) | 2.65 (2.34, 3.00) | 2.57 (2.35, 2.81) | 0.36 (0.33, 0.40) | 0.76 (0.59, 1.00) | 1.05 (0.98, 1.13) | 0.59 (0.44, 0.80) | 1.67 (0.97, 2.87) | 1.11 (1.02, 1.21) |
| Working Dogs/Utility | 0.95 (0.88, 1.01) | 0.92 (0.86, 0.98) | 1.14 (1.06, 1.23) | 0.90 (0.85, 0.95) | 0.96 (0.89, 1.04) | 0.96 (0.90, 1.02) | 1.97 (1.73, 2.24) | 1.31 (1.00, 1.71) | 0.78 (0.73, 0.82) | 1.61 (1.14, 2.27) | 0.98 (0.68, 1.43) | 0.99 (0.92, 1.06) |
The first number is the odds ratio, and the two numbers in the brackets are the CI. Bold: the odds ratio (CI) was marked as statistically significant (p < 0.05) when the CI did not cover 1.00. a A person was reported to have abused an animal.