Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of reported scrub typhus cases in mainland China, 2006–2018.

Parameters	Cases	Incidence per 100,000	Proportion	Male% vs. Female%	P value
Total	142,849	10.66	100.00	50:50
Year
2006	1244	0.09	0.87	51:49
2007	1332	0.10	0.93	53:47
2008	2592	0.19	1.81	53:47
2009	3235	0.24	2.26	51:49
2010	4085	0.30	2.86	50:50
2011	6020	0.45	4.21	48:52
2012	8921	0.66	6.25	47:53
2013	11,104	0.82	7.77	44:56
2014	16,032	1.19	11.22	45:55
2015	17,280	1.28	12.10	46:54
2016	21,691	1.60	15.18	46:54
2017	22,556	1.62	15.79	46:54
2018	26,757	1.93	18.73	46:54
Age
0–9	11,702	7.99	8.19	58:42
10–19	4962	2.84	3.47	64:36
20–29	7593	3.32	5.32	52:48
30–39	12,811	5.95	8.97	53:47
40–49	24,753	10.75	17.33	47:53
50–59	32,784	20.48	22.95	42:58
60–69	29,609	29.67	20.73	42:58
≥ 70	18,635	26.55	13.05	42:58
Gender					< 0.05#
Male	66,481	9.68	46.54	–
Female	76,368	11.70	53.46	–
Sex ratio	0.87		–	–
Occupation
Farmers	108,880	–	76.22	42:58
Workers	6042	–	4.23	59:41
Students	5774	–	4.04	65:35
Preschoolers	9116	–	6.38	63:37
The unemployed and the retired	9082	–	6.36	42:58
Others	3955	–	2.77	56:44
Geographic area*					< 0.001#
Rural	123,789	18.36	88.00	43:57
Urban	17,090	2.57	12.00	52:48

^#P value calculated by use of χ² test.

*Two columns (Rural and Urban) do not add up to equal the total because of missing data