Table 6.

Frequency of bites by Region according to the biting animal species.

Region	Canine (n)	Canine (%)	Feline (n)	Feline (%)	Total (n)	Total (%)
Tarapacá	74	1.02%	10	0.14%	84	1.16%
Antofagasta	278	3.85%	34	0.47%	312	4.32%
Atacama	323	4.47%	33	0.46%	356	4.93%
Coquimbo	168	2.33%	13	0.18%	181	2.51%
Valparaíso	1911	26.47%	200	2.77%	2111	29.24%
Libertador General Bernardo O’higgins	790	10.94%	44	0.61%	834	11.55%
Maule	144	1.99%	11	0.15%	155	2.15%
Biobío	122	1.69%	9	0.12%	131	1.81%
La Araucanía	460	6.37%	36	0.50%	496	6.87%
Los Ríos	68	0.94%	6	0.08%	74	1.02%
Los Lagos	43	0.60%	1	0.01%	44	0.61%
Aysén del general Carlos Ibáñez del campo	37	0.51%	3	0.04%	40	0.55%
Región Metropolitana	1909	26.44%	264	3.66%	2173	30.10%
Magallanes y de la antártica chilena	109	1.51%	6	0.08%	115	1.59%
Arica y Parinacota	97	1.34%	17	0.24%	114	1.58%
Total	6533	90.48%	687	9.52%	7220	100.00%