Table 1.

Cases of rabies in the United States, by location, during 2013.

					Domestic animals						Wildlife
Location	Reservoir	Total cases	Domestic animals	Wildlife	Cats	Cattle	Dogs	Horses and mules	Sheep and goats	Other domestic*	Raccoons	Bats	Skunks	Foxes	Other wild†	Rodents and lagomorphs‡	Humans	% Pos 2013	2012 cases	Change(%)
Northeast		1,483	94	1,389	75	14	2	2	0	1	703	290	257	100	15	24	0	6.34	1,678	−11.62
CT	Raccoon	150	5	145	3	2	0	0	0	0	84	22	30	7	0	2u	0	7.72	173	−13.29
MA	Raccoon	100	3	97	2	0	0	0	0	1a	37	18	32	5	2e	3v	0	3.81	113	−11.50
ME	Raccoon	54	0	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	7	20	4	0	0	0	9.15	88	−38.64
NH	Raccoon	34	2	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	13	3	8	5	2f	1w	0	6.75	29	17.24
NJ	Raccoon	315	18	297	17	0	0	1	0	0	157	66	51	13	1g	9x	0	10.09	309	1.94
NY	Raccoon	335	15	320	9	6	0	0	0	0	147	82	50	31	7h	3y	0	6.20	425	−21.18
NYC	Raccoon	56	1	55	1	0	0	0	0	0	46	4	4	0	1i	0	0	11.67	13	330.77
PA	Raccoon	361	45	316	40	4	1	0	0	0	167	76	36	31	1j	5z	0	5.02	433	−16.63
RI	Raccoon	28	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	9	6	1	0	1aa	0	5.12	28	0.00
VT	Raccoon	50	5	45	1	2	1	1	0	0	18	3	20	3	1k	0	0	8.70	67	−25.37
Midwest		470	68	402	17	29	9	8	1	4	5	262	134	0	1	0	0	2.07	596	−21.14
IA	Skunk	12	2	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	0	0	0	0	0.88	31	−61.29
IL	None	54	0	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	54	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	63	−14.29
IN	Skunk	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	20	−50.00
KS	Skunk	60	14	46	2	4	4	3	0	1b	1	6	38	0	1l	0	0	5.47	56	7.14
MI	Skunk	40	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	61	−34.43
MN	Skunk	63	7	56	1	3	0	2	1	0	0	36	20	0	0	0	0	2.86	72	−12.50
MO	Skunk	40	6	34	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	13	21	0	0	0	0	2.21	28	42.86
ND	Skunk	40	16	24	5	8	0	1	0	2c	0	3	21	0	0	0	0	6.70	75	−46.67
NE	Skunk	33	13	20	3	7	1	1	0	1d	0	6	14	0	0	0	0	3.05	59	−44.07
OH	None	60	3	57	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	53	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	41	46.34
SD	Skunk	28	7	21	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	16	0	0	0	0	4.38	60	−53.33
WI	Skunk	30	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	30	0.00
South		3,265	269	2,993	147	41	57	16	8	0	1,187	651	905	225	9	16	3	7.69	3,135	4.15
AL	Raccoon	60	4	56	2	0	2	0	0	0	46	7	0	3	0	0	0	2.28	54	11.11
AR	Skunk	151	8	143	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	26	117	0	0	0	0	11.72	131	15.27
DC	Raccoon	57	4	53	3	0	1	0	0	0	36	14	0	2	0	1ab	0	14.81	60	−5.00
DE	Raccoon	17	1	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	3	0	4	0	1ac	0	12.32	15	13.33
FL	Raccoon	108	8	100	8	0	0	0	0	0	75	19	2	2	2m	0	0	4.80	109	−0.92
GA	Raccoon	297	22	275	9	1	11	1	0	0	176	18	53	23	5n	0	0	12.33	373	−20.38
KY	Skunk	16	3	13	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	7	6	0	0	0	0	2.46	14	14.29
LA	Skunk	8	1	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	1.43	4	100.00
MD	Raccoon	382	29	352	25	0	1	1	2	0	238	51	19	33	1o	10ad	1	9.50	325	17.54
MS	None	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	2	150.00
NC	Raccoon	385	31	353	20	4	5	0	2	0	207	28	56	62	0	0	1	8.90	434	−11.29
OK	Skunk	85	22	63	2	12	7	1	0	0	0	3	59	1	0	0	0	7.34	81	4.94
SC	Raccoon	124	8	116	6	0	2	0	0	0	68	5	17	26	0	0	0	7.74	137	−9.49
TN	Skunk	36	9	27	0	0	5	4	0	0	1	8	17	1	0	0	0	1.70	48	−25.00
TX	Skunk	937	60	876	23	13	16	6	2	0	27	437	402	10	0	0	1	7.03	683	37.19
VA	Raccoon	506	49	457	37	9	1	0	2	0	247	16	135	55	0	4ae	0	11.73	597	−15.24
WV	Raccoon	91	10	81	8	1	0	1	0	0	58	1	18	3	1p	0	0	9.11	68	33.82
West		596	20	576	8	2	7	3	0	0	3	395	151	19	8	0	0	6.8§	681	−12.48
AK	Artic Fox	9	3	6	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2q	0	0	14.06	6	50.00
AZ	Skunk	77	0	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	46	22	4	5r	0	0	10.52	57	35.09
CA	Skunk	198	2	196	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	188	7	1	0	0	0	NA§	252	−21.43
CO	Skunk	187	9	178	5	1	0	3	0	0	3	66	102	7	0	0	0	9.81	183	2.19
HI	None	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0.00
ID	None	26	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	6.21	23	13.04
MT	Skunk	36	3	33	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	20	13	0	0	0	0	8.29	25	44.00
NM	Skunk	11	1	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	3	1	0	0	0	2.46	48	−77.08
NV	None	9	1	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	4.71	20	−55.00
OR	None	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	2	1s	0	0	2.50	17	−41.18
UT	None	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	3.55	15	−20.00
WA	None	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	2.20	9	33.33
WY	Skunk	9	1	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	1.83	26	−65.38
Caribbean		54	16	38	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	0	0	46.20	73	−26.03
PR	Mongoose	54	16	38	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	38t	0	0	46.20	73	−26.03
Total:		5,868	467	5,398	247	86	89	31	9	5	1,898	1,598	1,447	344	71	40	3	−	6,163	−4.79
	% 2013	100.00	7.96	91.99	4.21	1.47	1.52	0.53	0.15	0.09	32.34	27.23	24.66	5.86	1.21	0.68	0.05
	%Pos2013§	6.22	0.98	11.53	1.06	6.62	0.41	3.58	1.64	2.05	16.25	5.84	33.01	18.70	2.95	1.82	4.76
	Total 2012	6,163	519	5,643	257	115	84	47	13	3	1,953	1,680	1,539	340	85	46	1
	% Change	−4.79	−10.02	−4.34	−3.89	−25.22	5.95	−34.04	−30.77	66.67	−2.82	−4.88	−5.98	1.18	−16.47	−13.04	200.00

^*Other domestic includes

^a1 swine;

^b1 llama;

^c2 swine;

^d1 llama.

^†Other wild includes

^e2 bobcats;

^f2 bobcats;

^g1 otter;

^h2 bobcats, 2 deer, 1 fisher, 2 otters;

ⁱ1 opossum;

^j1 deer;

^k1 bobcat;

^l1 coyote;

^m2 bobcats;

ⁿ2 bobcats, 2 coyotes, 1 deer;

^o1 opossum;

^p1 bobcat;

^q2 wolves;

^r4 bobcats, 1 coyote;

^s1 coyote;

^t38 mongooses.

^‡Rodents and lagomorphs include

^u1 groundhog, 1 rabbit;

^v3 groundhogs;

^w1 groundhog;

^x9 groundhogs;

^y3 groundhogs;

^z5 groundhogs;

^aa1 groundhog;

^ab1 groundhog;

^ac1 groundhog;

^ad10 groundhogs;

^ae2 groundhogs, 2 marmots.

^§Data for animals that tested negative for rabies were unavailable and have been excluded from 2013 and 2012 data for comparison purposes.

— = Not applicable. NYC = New York City. Pos = Positive.

Total cases refers to total number of cases in domestic animals, wildlife, and humans. Reservoir refers to the major rabies virus variant terrestrial reservoir in the locality.