The National Safety Council published a report showing the odds of dying by various types of injury in the USA in 2002. I have sorted it by the number of deaths for each type of injury and excluded the odds columns for ease of viewing. Note the deaths from being bitten or struck by a dog, almost at the bottom (18).
Source: National Safety Council http://www.nsc.org/lrs/statinfo/odds.htm
Data below is for 2002. NSC’s current page shows data for 2003.
164,112 Total Deaths by Injury
17,108 Intentional Self-Harm – Intentional self-harm by firearm
16,337 Unintentional Transport Accidents – Car occupant
14,128 Unintentional Transport Accidents – Other land transport accidents
11,829 Assault – Assault by firearm
8,264 Unintentional Injuries – Narcotics and psychodysleptics [hallucinogens] n.e.c.
7,889 Unintentional Falls – Other and unspecified fall
7,596 Unintentional Injuries – Accidental exposure to other and unspecified factors and sequelae
6,884 Unintentional Injuries – Other and unspecified drugs, medicaments, and biologicals
6,462 Intentional Self-Harm – Intentional self-harm by hanging, strangulation, and suffocation
6,091 Unintentional Transport Accidents – Pedestrian
5,486 Intentional Self-Harm – Intentional self-poisoning
4,286 Unintentional Transport Accidents – Occupant of pick-up truck or van
3,735 Assault – Other and unspecified means and sequelae
3,610 Unintentional Falls – Other fall on same level
3,336 Undetermined Intent – Poisoning
3,215 Unintentional Transport Accidents – Motorcycle rider
2,940 Unintentional Injuries – Inhalation and ingestion of other objects causing obstruction of respiratory tract
2,843 Complications of medical and surgical care and sequelae
2,599 Intentional Self-Harm – Other and unspecified means and sequelae
2,533 Unintentional Injuries – Uncontrolled fire in building or structure
2,074 Assault – Assault by sharp object
1,598 Unintentional Falls – Fall on and from stairs and steps
1,325 Unintentional Injuries – Drowning and submersion while in or falling into natural water
1,134 Unintentional Injuries – Other and unspecified drowning and submersion
1,024 Unintentional Injuries – Antiepileptic, sedative-hypnotic, antiparkinsonism, and psychotropic drugs n.e.c.
864 Unintentional Injuries – Struck by or striking against object
819 Unintentional Injuries – Inhalation and ingestion of food causing obstruction of respiratory tract
785 Unintentional Falls – Fall involving bed, chair, other furniture
776 Unintentional Transport Accidents – Occupant of all-terrain or other off-road motor vehicle
767 Unintentional Transport Accidents – Pedalcyclist
766 Unintentional Falls – Other fall from one level to another
762 Unintentional Injuries – Firearms discharge
691 Unintentional Injuries – Gases and vapours
657 Undetermined Intent – Other and unspecified means and sequelae
653 Unintentional Transport Accidents – Air and space transport accidents
652 Unintentional Injuries – Contact with machinery
646 Unintentional Falls – Fall on same level from slipping, tripping, and stumbling
646 Unintentional Injuries – Exposure to excessive natural cold
636 Unintentional Injuries – Drowning and submersion while in or falling into swimming-pool
618 Unintentional Transport Accidents – Unspecified transport accident
557 Unintentional Falls – Fall from out of or through building or structure
509 Unintentional Injuries – Accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed
507 Unintentional Injuries – Other and unspecified threats to breathing
456 Unintentional Transport Accidents – Occupant of heavy transport vehicle
413 Unintentional Transport Accidents – Drowning,
406 Unintentional Falls – Fall on and from ladder or scaffolding
369 Unintentional Injuries – Inhalation of gastric contents
355 Unintentional Injuries – Alcohol
352 Unintentional Injuries – Drowning and submersion while in or falling into bath-tub
350 Unintentional Injuries – Exposure to excessive natural heat
322 Unintentional Injuries – Other and unspecified electric current
320 Unintentional Injuries – Other and unspecified smoke fire and flames
300 Legal Intervention – Firearm discharge
297 Unintentional Injuries – Other accidental hanging and strangulation
259 Undetermined Intent – Drowning and submersion
243 Undetermined Intent – Firearm discharge
222 Unintentional Injuries – Nonopioid analgesics, antipyretics, and antirheumatics
204 Unintentional Transport Accidents – Other water transport accidents
149 Unintentional Transport Accidents – Occupant of special agricultural vehicle
137 Unintentional Injuries – Explosion of other materials
133 Undetermined Intent – Hanging, strangulation, and suffocation
128 Unintentional Injuries – Overexertion, travel and privation
118 Unintentional Transport Accidents – Animal rider or occupant of animal-drawn vehicle
115 Unintentional Injuries – Caught between objects
110 Unintentional Injuries – Other and unspecified chemicals and noxious substances
109 Unintentional Injuries – Electric transmission lines
105 Unintentional Injuries – Contact with sharp objects
104 Unintentional Injuries – Ignition or melting of other clothing and apparel
103 Undetermined Intent – Falling, jumping, or pushed from a high place
99 Undetermined Intent – Exposure to smoke, fire, and flames
75 Unintentional Injuries – Bitten or struck by other mammals,
71 Unintentional Injuries – Ignition of highly flammable material
67 Legal Intervention – Legal execution
66 Unintentional Injuries – Lightning
63 Unintentional Injuries – Cataclysmic storm
62 Unintentional Injuries – Other and unspecified heat and hot substances
57 Unintentional Injuries – Threat to breathing due to cave-in, falling earth and other substances
54 Unintentional Injuries – Contact with hornets, wasps and bees
54 Unintentional Injuries – Exposure to other and unspecified forces of nature
53 Unintentional Injuries – Uncontrolled fire not in building or structure
43 Unintentional Transport Accidents – Bus occupant
40 Unintentional Injuries – Contact with hot tap-water
37 Unintentional Injuries – Other and unspecified inanimate mechanical forces
35 Unintentional Injuries – Controlled fire in building or structure
32 Unintentional Transport Accidents – Occupant of special construction vehicle
31 Unintentional Injuries – Earthquake and other earth movements
30 Unintentional Injuries – Controlled fire not in building or structure
28 Unintentional Transport Accidents – Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle
27 Unintentional Injuries – Explosion and rupture of pressurized devices
26 Unintentional Injuries – Struck by or against another person
23 Unintentional Injuries – Foreign body entering through skin or natural orifice
21 Unintentional Transport Accidents – Occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle
20 Operations of war and sequelae
19 Unintentional Injuries – Confined to or trapped in a low-oxygen environment
18 Unintentional Injuries – Bitten or struck by dog
17 Legal Intervention – Other and unspecified means and sequelae
15 Unintentional Transport Accidents – Occupant of special industrial vehicle
13 Unintentional Injuries – Bitten or stung by nonvenomous insect and other arthropods
13 Unintentional Injuries – High and low air pressure and changes in air pressure
13 Unintentional Injuries – Ignition or melting of nightwear
12 Unintentional Injuries – Other and unspecified animate mechanical forces
12 Unintentional Transport Accidents – Other specified transport accidents
10 Unintentional Injuries – Contact with venomous spiders
10 Unintentional Injuries – Excessive heat or cold of man-made origin
9 Unintentional Injuries – Contact with other and unspecified venomous animal or plant
9 Unintentional Injuries – Flood
5 Unintentional Injuries – Fireworks discharge
4 Unintentional Transport Accidents – Occupant of streetcar
3 Unintentional Injuries – Contact with venomous snakes and lizards
0 Unintentional Injuries – Bitten or crushed by other reptiles
0 Unintentional Injuries – Other and unspecified man-made environmental factors
0 Unintentional Injuries – Radiation