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. 2007 Apr 2;7:47. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-47

Table 1.

Raccoon-variant rabies costs, fiscal years 1999–2000 to 2001–2002, in five selected counties of NYS (with percentage total cost across all variants attributable to raccoon rabies)

County A County B County C County D County E Total






$ % $ % $ % $ % $ % $ %
PEPs Total $89,801.05 39.99% $7,861.71 12.15% $58,547.63 48.39% $147,027.28 54.57% $315,036.04 24.84% $618,273.71 31.74%
State $53,303.38 41.65% $723.21 6.07% $23,723.80 47.12% $36,590.63 69.35% $193,128.73 27.84% $307,469.75 32.83%
County $5,735.18 32.99% $0.00 0.00% $7,327.49 59.32% $12,692.44 73.54% $21,808.87 32.83% $47,563.98 40.93%
Third party $30,762.49 38.85% $7,138.50 14.28% $27,496.34 47.16% $97,744.21 49.01% $100,098.44 19.70% $263,239.98 29.41%
Specimens Total $74.00 100.00% $1,631.95 75.94% $10,401.16 60.40% $10,734.02 62.80% $47,796.31 74.98% $70,637.44 70.44%
State $74.00 100.00% $1,579.25 75.61% $9,569.26 58.48% $10,734.02 62.80% $42,639.89 74.00% $64,596.42 69.28%
County $0.00 0.00% $52.70 87.22% $831.90 97.05% $0.00 0.00% $5,156.42 84.20% $6,041.02 85.79%
Vaccination Total $25,946.24 (N.A.) $20,470.83 (N.A.) $3,237.50 (N.A.) $44,763.60 (N.A.) $1,200.00 (N.A.) $95,618.17 (N.A.)
Clinics State $6,501.74 (N.A.) $9,832.54 (N.A.) $3,213.75 (N.A.) $13,614.08 (N.A.) $1,200.00 (N.A.) $34,362.11 (N.A.)
County $0.00 (N.A.) $0.00 (N.A.) $23.75 (N.A.) $589.78 (N.A.) $0.00 (N.A.) $613.53 (N.A.)
Donations* $19,685.00 (N.A.) $10,638.29 (N.A.) $0.00 (N.A.) $32,435.29 (N.A.) $0.00 (N.A.) $62,758.58 (N.A.)

*Donations for vaccination clinics. The excess in donations reported in counties A and D were not accounted for in the vaccination total cost. N.A.: Proportion attributable to raccoon variant is not applicable to vaccination clinic costs.