From the site www.dogsbite.org
Pitbulls: 263 deaths
Rottweiler: 81 deaths (next closest)
I believe pit bulls are most accurately characterized as a group of breeds, not as a breed as such. And it appears dogs outside this group are very often classified as pit bulls when they’re involved in a severe incident.
IOW, I suspect the numbers are overstated for “pit bulls.”
Not particularly a defender of pit bulls, just trying to keep the record straight.
Pit Bulls like to argue bite stats, not fatalities and argue that a nip on the ankle from a chihuahua is just as bad as a pit permanently disfiguring a child’s face.