Exactly.... People couldn't probably list more than the 20 most popular identifyable breeds in the country, so it doesn't surprise me that any popular breed ends up somewhere in the top 20. The rate of serious bites to population would be the ~more~ interesting figure.
That said.... The pit bull and it's relatives are still going to be the leader by a long shot in serious and most particularly, ~fatal~ dog attacks.
Absolutely! My data set only included "reportable" bites. That meant anything from a GP who said, "No stitches needed" to fatal attacks. Another interesting statistic would be WHERE the bites were.
I found out that in the course of my research that toy dogs inflicted a disproportional number of facial bites to children. Facial bites are often disfiguring and require numerous surgeries to attain a cosmetic ideal. An equally small chomp on the arm or leg is just an interesting story (eventually).