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Table 4. Patients receiving rabies PEP among patients consulting an antirabies medical center, France, 1996–2009*.

Location of possible exposure	% Patients age <15 y among those who received rabies PEP†	% Patients age <6 y among those who received rabies PEP†	% Patients who received rabies PEP among those age <15 y†	% Patients who received rabies PEP among those age <6 y†	Total no. patients‡		Total no. patients who received rabies PEP
Location of possible exposure	% Patients age <15 y among those who received rabies PEP†	% Patients age <6 y among those who received rabies PEP†	% Patients who received rabies PEP among those age <15 y†	% Patients who received rabies PEP among those age <6 y†	<15 y of age	<6 y of age	Total no. patients who received rabies PEP
North Africa	29.4	12.3	94.8	95.1	735	306	2,374
All other	24.2	8.8	44.1	37.9	37,895	16,093	69,145

*Original data from the French National Reference Centre for Rabies. PEP, postexposure prophylaxis. †p<10^–6. ‡Regardless of rabies PEP status.