Probably rabid. Raccoons don't normally attack unprovoked unless they are infected. I can understand throwing the critter away but it would have been better to contain it so you can test it so you don't have to put your kid through treatment. But I'd be hard pressed to think that through at the...
Dude, percentages are important when dealing with some more advance concepts, like profit, taxes, rates of change (like inflation). Percentages help you think about the world in a more articulate and abstract way.