Statistics are often wrong. Perception, policy, psychology and agenda often influences statistics. A small dog like Chihuahuas bite more people then large dogs. The statistics are skewed because people are much more likely to report a large dog. I think bites from small dogs are vastly underreported because they just are not taken as serious and probably because people are afraid that they are going to be laughed at for reporting being bitten by such a small dog. One has to have an sense when interpreting and judging statistics. Regretfully having sense is not common. Protection breeds, or breeds that are stereotypically portrayed in the media and by urban legend as dangerous are much more likely to reported and entered into the statistics. Therefore prejudice has skewed the statistics. Statistics should always be taken with a degree of skepticism, open-mindedness and reason. Remember that "scientific" "statistics" were used in a political manner to claim that some races are better than other races; and this was in turn used for racial genocide.
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