Table 1.
Description of EM cases characteristics (patients and GPs who declared the case) N = 1831
| N (%) | |
|---|---|
| Patient characteristics | |
| Age, in years (m.d.=5) | |
| ≤ 15 | 185 (10.1) |
| ]15–35] | 289 (15.8) |
| ]35–50] | 364 (19.9) |
| ]50–65] | 583 (31.9) |
| More than 65 | 405 (22.2) |
| Gender (m.d.=45) | |
| Female | 957 (53.6) |
| Male | 829 (46.4) |
| Reported tick bite (m.d.=215) | |
| Yes | 1176 (72.8) |
| No | 440 (27.2) |
| Erythema migrans size 1 (m.d.=176) | |
| < 5 cm | 373 (22.5) |
| ≥ 5 cm | 1282 (77.5) |
| Type of EM (m.d.=40) | |
| Single | 1706 (95.3) |
| Multiple | 85 (4.7) |
| Centrifugal growth/expansion 1 (m.d.=338) | |
| Yes | 1403 (94.0) |
| No | 90 (6.0) |
| Prescription of a serology (m.d.=88) | |
| Yes | 418 (24.0) |
| No | 1325 (76.0) |
| SGPs characteristics | |
| Age, in years (m.d.=17) | |
| ≤ 40 | 344 (19.0) |
| ]40–50] | 427 (23.5) |
| ]50–60] | 593 (32.7) |
| > 60 | 450 (24.8) |
| Gender (m.d.=0) | |
| Female | 553 (30.2) |
| Male | 1278 (69.8) |
| Type of practice (m.d.=131) | |
| Individual | 678 (41.5) |
| In groups | 957 (58.5) |
| Regions by incidence rates 2,3 (m.d.=0) | |
| High incidence region | 864 (47.2) |
| Moderate incidence region | 374 (20.4) |
| Low incidence region | 593 (32.4) |
| Type of municipality of practice (m.d.=2) | |
| Rural | 540 (29.5) |
| Urban | 1289 (70.5) |
| Number of cases seen by SGPs on a yearly basis (m.d.=0) | |
| ≤ 1 case | 490 (26.8) |
| ]1–5[ | 943 (51.5) |
| ≥ 5 cases | 398 (21.7) |
| Study period (m.d.=0) | |
| 2009–2014 | 498 (27.2) |
| 2015–2020 | 1333 (72.8) |
m.d. = Missing data
1Information not collected in 2009 and 2010
2Regions of SGP’s practice
3Low incidence rate: < 50 cases/100 000 ; moderate incidence rate: [50–100[ cases/100 000 ; high incidence rate: ≥ 100 cases/100 000