Table 4. Perception of rabies in respondents from communities on the Brazilian Amazon coast where cases of human rabies transmitted by D. rotundus have been recorded (RR) and where no cases have been recorded (NR), classified by education level.
| RR (%) | NR (%) | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | |||
| Illiterate | |||
| Insufficient | 41 (45.06) | 16 (61.54) | 57 (48.72) |
| Basic | 34 (37.36) | 9 (34.61) | 43 (36.75) |
| Intermediate | 15 (16.48) | 1 (3.85) | 16 (13.68) |
| Advanced | 1 (1.10) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.85) |
| Total | 91 | 26 | 117 |
| Primary school | |||
| Insufficient | 116 (41.58) | 57 (36.54) | 173 (39.77) |
| Basic | 127 (45.52) | 69 (44.23) | 196 (45.06) |
| Intermediate | 31 (11.11) | 28 (17.95) | 59 (13.56) |
| Advanced | 5 (1.79) | 2 (1.28) | 7 (1.61) |
| Total | 279 | 156 | 435 |
| High school | |||
| Insufficient | 10 (16.13) | 7 (14.00) | 17 (15.18) |
| Basic | 30 (48.39) | 29 (58.00) | 59 (52.68) |
| Intermediate | 12 (19.35) | 12 (24.00) | 24 (21.43) |
| Advanced | 10 (16.13) | 2 (4.00) | 12 (10.71) |
| Total | 62 | 50 | 112 |
| College | |||
| Insufficient | 2 (15.38) | 0 (0.00) | 2 (11.76) |
| Basic | 6 (46.16) | 3 (75.00) | 9 (52.94) |
| Intermediate | 2 (15.38) | 0 (0.00) | 2 (11.76) |
| Advanced | 3 (23.08) | 1 (25.00) | 4 (23.54) |
| Total | 13 | 4 | 17 |