Table 3.
Ciguatera related behaviors in the 2010/2011 telephone survey and 1980 in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands
| Variable | 2010/2011 survey (N = 807) | 1980 surveys | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Percent | n | Percent | Ref. | |
| Household had at least one episode in past 5 years* | 43/400 | 11 | 22/100 | 22 | McMillan and Granade12 |
| Visited emergency room for most recent episode | 56 | 30 | 5/22; 5/7 | 23; 71 | McMillan and Granade12; Morris and others8 |
| Fish consumption | |||||
| Do not eat fish | 138 | 17 | 8/100 | 8 | McMillan and Granade12 |
| Three or more times per week | 99 | 12 | ∼22/67 | ∼33%† | Morris and others9 |
| Believe certain types of fish are poisonous | 502 | 62 | 39/54 | 72 | Morris and others9 |
| Avoid certain types of fish | 407 | 50 | |||
| Believe they can tell if a fish might be poisonous | 324 | 40 | 14/54 | 26 | Morris and others9 |
*
For current survey collected only in 2011.
†
Published for emergency department cases only for 1980 data; survey controls not significantly different.