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Veterinary statistics
Dated, sourced figures on veterinary care in the United States. Each page names the source of every number, shows when it was last checked, and offers the data as a CSV.
- Pet Cancer Statistics 2026: How Common It Is, Who Treats It, What It Costs by State About 1 in 4 dogs develop cancer, yet the U.S. has 656 board-certified veterinary oncologists: one per 136,000 dogs. Treating a dog’s lymphoma costs 6.2% of median household income, most in Hawaii.
- Pet Insurance Statistics 2026: How Many Pets Are Insured, What It Costs, and Insured Pets by State 6.98 million U.S. pets were insured at the end of 2025, 4.27% of dogs and cats. Our state table runs from 39.5 insured pets per 1,000 residents in New Hampshire to 7.6 in Louisiana.
- Pet Poisoning Statistics 2026: What Poisons Dogs and Cats, How Often, and What Treatment Costs ASPCA Poison Control handled more than 376,000 pet toxin exposures in 2025, about 1,030 a day; chocolate alone is about 140 a day. Animal calls to human poison centers fell 73.2% from 2008 to 2024.
- Vet Cost Statistics 2026: Vet Price Inflation and What Common Procedures Cost U.S. vet prices rose 50.8% in the ten years to September 2026, against 39.6% for all consumer prices and 15.0% for physicians’ services. Plus published prices for common procedures, from TPLO to MRI, each sourced.
- Veterinarian Shortage Statistics 2026: Vet School Seats, Openings and Vet Techs per Vet U.S. vet schools seated 4,278 first-year students in 2025, about 1.4 per veterinarian opening BLS projects each year. Two competing shortage forecasts, USDA shortage areas and vet techs per vet by state.
- Veterinarian Statistics 2026: Vets per Person by State, and Specialist Counts The U.S. had 83,900 employed veterinarians in May 2025, 24.5 per 100,000 residents, from 45.9 in New Hampshire to 16.2 in Mississippi. Plus board-certified specialist counts from AVMA.