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. 2014 Jul 9;9(7):e101976. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101976

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