Table 4 SAVSNET dataset overview of the high-level variables of the companion animal distribution of cats and dogs by species, sex, age, neuter status, and the selected MPC between March 2014 to November 2022.

From: PetBERT: automated ICD-11 syndromic disease coding for outbreak detection in first opinion veterinary electronic health records

Variable

Level

Dogs

Cats

Species

Dogs

5,275,843

Cats

2,062,074

Sex

Male

2,710,641 (51.2%)

1,009,388 (48.1%)

Female

2,565,202 (48.8%)

1,052,686 (51.9%)

Country

England

4,7152,76 (90.4%)

1,871,536 (91.6%)

Scotland

252,024 (4.8%)

81,883 (4.2%)

Wales 

216,799 (4.2%)

77,774 (3.9%)

Northern Ireland

34,129 (0.6%)

6204 (0.3%)

Age

Infant (0 to 1 year)

501,339 (11.9%)

190,534 (9.8%)

Adult (1–10 years)

2,830,739 (64.5%)

887,640 (51.0%)

Senior (10 years)

1,036,075 (23.6%)

691,738 (39.2%)

Neutered

Yes

3,587,028 (68.0%)

1,670,280 (81.4%)

No

1,688,093 (32.0%)

391,794 (19.6%)

MPC

Gastroenteric

174,688 (3.3%)

45,368 (2.4%)

Kidney\(\_\)disease

14,046 (0.2%)

18,169 (0.9%)

Other\(\_\)healthy

1,333,760 (25.4%)

494,170 (23.7%)

Other\(\_\)unwell

1,006,031 (19.6%)

418,107 (21.3%)

Post\(\_\)op

414,764 (7.8%)

135,865 (6.6%)

Pruritus

283,880 (5.3%)

53,869 (2.7%)

Respiratory

52,625 (0.9%)

27,123 (1.3%)

Trauma

249,039 (4.7%)

102,646 (4.9%)

Tumour

100,080 (1.8%)

23,865 (1.1%)

Vaccination

1,639,268 (31.0%)

739,890 (35.1%)