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Here are some stats from the American Veterinary Medical Association. They are old but useful to some degree.

Breeds of dogs involved in fatal human attacks in the United States between 1979 and 1998
http://www.dogbitelaw.com/dogbreeds.pdf

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Now just look at the difference in those numbers and the ones cited in the previous “report”. Sixty-nine fatal attacks over a twenty year period as opposed to over a thousand. According to this study you are 95 times more likely to be struck by lightning (329 strikes reported in 2008 * 20 years / 69).