Table 1. Reported rabies cases in humans and animals, North Africa, 2000–2009*.

Country	Annual no. human deaths/100,000 population	Annual no. rabies PEP in humans/100,000 population	No. rabies cases in animals (years)
Algeria	0.06†	2.2†	2,206 (2000–2008), 754 (2009)
Egypt	0.1‡	1.9§	5 (2000, 2006, and 2007)¶
Morocco	0.07†	1.6†	3,600 (2000–2008, including 343 in 2007)
Sudan	0.04†	0.4‡	101 (2000–2007, including 38 in 2007)
Tunisia	0.02†	3.3†	1,253 (2000–2007, including 102 in 2007)

*PEP, postexposure prophylaxis. Data sources include World Health Organization RabNet database (www.who.int/globalatlas/default.asp) and RABMEDCONTROL (www.rabmedcontrol.org) (5,9–12).
†Calculated for 2000–2007.
‡Calculated for 2007.
§Calculated for 2000.
¶No data available for other years.