Table 1.

Characteristics of human rabies exposure cases in Northwestern Tigray, Ethiopia, 2016 (N = 368).

Risk factors		No. of human rabies exposures	%	Standard error	95% CI
Age	0–4	45	12.2	1.7	9.2–16.0
	5–14	159	43.2	2.6	38.2–48.3
	15–24	48	13.0	1.7	9.9–16.9
	25–34	42	11.4	1.6	8.5–15.1
	35–44	30	8.1	1.4	5.7–11.4
	45–54	29	7.8	1.4	5.5–11.1
	55–64	9	2.4	0.8	1.3–4.6
	65+	6	1.6	0.7	0.7–3.5
Sex	Male	232	63	2.5	58.0–67.8
	Female	136	37	2.5	32.1–42.0
Residence	Urban	53	14.4	1.8	11.2–18.4
	Rural	315	85.6	1.8	81.6–88.8
Site of bite	Heads	3	0.8	0.5	0.2–2.5
	Limbs	361	98.1	0.7	96.1–99.1
	Torso	4	1.1	0.5	0.4–2.9
Category of exposure	II	209	56.8	2.5	51.7–61.8
	III	159	43.2	2.5	38.2–48.3
Ownership of biting dog	Owned	72	19.6	2.1	15.8–24.0
	Stray	296	80.4	2.1	76.0–84.2
Provocation of dogs	Provoked	13	3.5	0.9	2.1–6.0
	unprovoked	355	96.5	0.9	94.0–98.0
Vaccination of dogs	Vaccinated	52	14.1	1.8	10.9–18.1
	Unvaccinated	316	85.9	1.8	81.9–89.1

CI: Confidence Interval.