Table 3. Human rabies postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) by group size, 4 counties, New York, 1995–2000.
| Characteristic | Group size, n (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | >6 | |
| No. | 1,336 (60) | 284 (13) | 159 (7) | 192 (9) | 55 (2) | 190 (9) |
| No. sources | 1,336 (83) | 142 (9) | 53 (3) | 48 (3) | 11 (1) | 18 (1) |
| Route of exposure* | ||||||
| Bite† | 1,008 (75) | 69 (24) | 18 (11) | 6 (3) | 1 (2) | 26 (14) |
| Nonbite | 316 (24) | 205 (72) | 132 (83) | 170 (89) | 49 (89) | 163 (86) |
| Unknown | 12 (1) | 10 (4) | 9 (6) | 16 (8) | 5 (9) | 1 (<1) |
| Source of exposure* | ||||||
| Dog or cat | 845 (63) | 50 (18) | 27 (17) | 4 (2) | 5 (9) | 90 (47) |
| Other domestic species | 5 (<1) | 12 (4) | 0 | 4 (2) | 0 | 15 (8) |
| Raccoon | 111 (8) | 44 (16) | 21 (13) | 32 (17) | 2 (4) | 40 (21) |
| Bat | 241 (18) | 132 (46) | 96 (60) | 147 (76) | 43 (78) | 4 (2) |
| Other wild species | 97 (7) | 36 (13) | 9 (6) | 5 (3) | 0 | 21 (11) |
| Unknown source animal | 37 (3) | 10 (3) | 6 (4) | 0 | 5 (9) | 20 (11) |
| Mean age (y) | 30.9 | 31.6 | 23.8 | 22.5 | 16.2 | 26.6 |
*Route of exposure and source of exposure percentages calculated within group size to accommodate comparison.
†Bite exposure was significantly associated with single-person exposures vs. group exposures (p<0.001).