Epidemiological characteristics and post-exposure prophylaxis of human rabies in Chongqing, China, 2007–2016

Table 1 Characteristics of human rabies cases in Chongqing, China, 2007–2016

Characteristics	Number of human rabies cases	Proportion (%)
Age group
0 to 4 years	33	4.1
5 to 9 years	57	7.1
10 to 14 years	56	6.9
15 to 24 years	27	3.3
25 to 34 years	27	3.3
35 to 44 years	99	12.2
45 to 54 years	122	15.1
55 to 64 years	230	28.4
65 to 74 years	114	14.1
75 to 93 years	44	5.5
Gender
Male	528	65.3
Female	281	34.7
Occupation
Farmer	581	71.8
Students or Kindergarten-age children^a	125	15.5
Scattered children^b	31	3.8
Housewife or Retiree	17	2.1
Worker	14	1.7
Medical staff	2	0.3
Others	39	4.8

^aStudents or Kindergarten-age children refer to those students studied in kindergarten, primary school, middle school or university
^bScattered children refer to children aged less than 3 years old