Table 1. Demographic characteristics of reported scrub typhus cases in Guangzhou city, China, 2006–2012.

Parameters	Cases	Incidenceper 100,000	Proportion	Female% vs.male%
Total	4,001	5.26	100.0	50∶50
Year
2006	321	3.29	8.0	49∶51
2007	284	2.83	7.1	50∶50
2008	425	4.17	10.6	50∶50
2009	501	4.88	12.5	47∶53
2010	561	5.43	14.0	48∶52
2011	653	5.14	16.3	50∶50
2012	1,256	9.85	31.4	52∶48
Age
0–9	290	5.00	7.2	37∶63
10–19	205	1.96	5.1	33∶67
20–29	217	1.48	5.4	35∶65
30–39	431	3.38	10.8	42∶58
40–49	757	6.33	18.9	48∶52
50–59	933	8.76	23.3	56∶44
60–69	664	13.10	16.6	55∶45
≥70	504	10.75	12.6	63∶37
Gender
Male	2,004	5.42	50.1	-
Female	1,997	5.11	49.9	-
Sex ratio	1.00	1.06	-	-
Occupation
Farmers	2,015	-	50.4	57∶43
The unemployed and the retired	657	-	14.4	57∶43
Workers	383	-	9.5	39∶61
Students	232	-	5.8	32∶68
Preschoolers	185	-	4.6	37∶63
Others	529	-	13.2	44∶58
Geographic area
Rural	2,675	9.59	65.0	51∶49
Urban	1,440	2.99	35.0	48∶52