en Public Health Public Health پژوهشي Original Article <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Background:</strong> The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiological characteristics of animal bite during 2011 -2016 years in Jahrom city.<br> <strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study was performed using data from the Jahrom University of Medical Sciences. For analytical statistics, Chi-square test and multiple regression test were used. SPSS software version 21 was used for statistical analysis.<br> <strong>Results:</strong> In total, 2010 people with an average age of 31.4 &plusmn;1.7 in the years 2011 to 2016 in the were biting. Of these, 429 were female (21.3%) and 1581 were male (78.7%). The results multiple showed that there was a positive correlation between (animal bites; Beta = 0.05, age; Beta = 0.02, location of ulcer; Beta = 0.01) with animal bites positive and direct correlation with animal bites. Animal type variables (Beta = -0.06), primary measures (Beta = -0.03), gender (Beta = -0.03), nationality (Beta = -0.03), wound size (Beta = -0.02) and location (Beta = 0.05) had a negative correlation with animal bites.<br> <strong>Conclusion: </strong>Most cases of biting have been related to dogs, pets and rural areas. Therefore, the vaccination of dogs and cats is essential by preventing dogs from being exposed to humans.<br> &nbsp;</span></span></div> Epidemiological characteristics, Animal bites, Rabies 226 233 http://jhehp.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-136-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mohsen Moghadami Moghadami930@gmail.com 100319475328460010041 100319475328460010041 No Department of Non Communicable Disease Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Akbar Poormoghaddam a.poormoghaddam@gmail.com 100319475328460010042 100319475328460010042 No Department of Societal Health, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Seyyed Mansour Kashfi Kashfi930@gmail.com 100319475328460010043 100319475328460010043 No Department of Research Center for Health Sciences, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Tayebeh Rakhshani Rakhshani930@gmail.com 100319475328460010044 100319475328460010044 Yes Nutrition Research Center, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, Iran. Mohammad Reza Ebrahimi healthacademic2014@gmail.com 100319475328460010045 100319475328460010045 No Department of Emergency Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.