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. 2007 Mar;13(3):419–425. doi: 10.3201/eid1303.060941

Table 2. Distribution of Fort Collins and Loveland residents by outcome, Larimer County West Nile Virus survey, Colorado, 2003.

Outcome* Fort Collins (n = 424)
44.3%, no (%) Loveland (n = 533)
55.7%, no. (%) Total (N = 957)
100.0%, no. (%)
DEET use
  Sometimes/nearly always/always 271 (63.9) 298 (55.9) 569 (59.5)†
  Seldom/never 147 (34.7) 223 (41.8) 370 (38.6)†
  Unknown 1 (1.4) 12 (2.3) 18 (1.9)
Drain water
  Yes 192 (45.3) 213 (39.9) 405 (42.3)
  No 67 (15.8) 92 (17.2) 159 (16.6)
  Not applicable 165 (38.9) 227 (42.8) 393 (41.0)
  Unknown 0 (0.0) 1 (0.1) 1 (0.1)
Dress (long sleeves and pants)
  Sometimes/nearly always/always 100 (23.6) 141 (26.5) 241 (25.2)
  Seldom/never 134 (31.6) 186 (34.9) 320 (33.4)
  Unknown 190 (44.8) 206 (38.6) 396 (41.4)
Dusk to dawn, weekends
  ≤2 h outside 191 (45.0) 200 (37.5) 391 (40.8)†
  3–40 h outside 174 (41.0) 234 (44.0) 408 (42.6)
  Unknown 59 (14.0) 99 (18.5) 158 (16.6)
Dusk to dawn, weekdays
  ≤5 h outside 261 (61.6) 279 (52.4) 540 (56.4)†
  6–60 h outside 136 (32.0) 202 (38.0) 338 (35.3)
  Unknown 27 (6.4) 52 (9.6) 79 (8.3)

*DEET, N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide. 
†Statistically significant differences by Z test (p<0.05).