Human rabies post exposure prophylaxis at the Pasteur Institute of Dakar, Senegal: trends and risk factors

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 1 Characteristics of the 905 patients and family households, according to PEP compliance

	Total cohort N = 905	No PEP N = 65	Partial PEP N = 347	Complete PEP N = 493
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
Patient’s characteristics
Male	605 (66.8)	50 (76.9)	240 (69.2)	315 (63.9)
Age, years (median, [range])	17 [1.2–80]	16 [2–61.5]	17 [1.5–80]	18 [1.2–78]
≤ 15 years of age	418 (46.2)	30 (46.2)	165 (47.6)	223 (45.2)
Senegalese nationality	848 (93.7)	63 (96.9)	328 (94.5)	457 (92.7)
Patient’s household characteristics
High education level^a of the patient or family head	517 (57.4)	32 (49.2)	177 (51.0)	308 (63.0)
Patient or family head without job	160 (17.8)	12 (18.5)	52 (15.1)	96 (19.6)
Dogs ownership	225 (24.9)	10 (15.4)	88 (25.4)	127 (25.8)

N total number of individuals, n number of individuals in the specified category, % 100*n/N
^a: The education level was considered as high if the patient or the family head graduated from the secondary school or studied at an Arabic school for more than 5 years or studied at the university at least one year

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