Table 1.
General characteristics of retrieved studies
| Author | Year of publish | Location | Animal bite cases | Population | Incidence rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alavi, S. M. | 2008 | Khuzestan Province | 44,088 | 4,480,000● | 9.84 |
| Alavinia, SM. | 2015 | North Khorasan Province | 18,571 | 839,650 | 22.12 |
| Amiri, M. | 2009 | Shahroud | 588 | 241,742 | 2.43 |
| Babaeeian-Moghaddam, M. | 2015 | Ghouchan | 814 | 179,714 | 4.53 |
| Bahonar, A.R. | 2008 | Ilam Province | 2431 | 510,157 | 4.76 |
| Behnampour,N. | 2011 | Aq-Qala | 13,142 | 110,953 | 118.45 |
| Bijari, B. | 2011 | Birjand | 1662 | 270,000● | 6.16 |
| Dadypour, M. | 2009 | Kalaleh | 3496 | 152,568● | 22.91 |
| Dehghani, R. | 2013 | Semirom | 1246 | 75,636● | 16.47 |
| Eslamifar, A. | 2008 | Tehran | 8806 | 7,569,282 | 1.16 |
| Feizhaddad,M.A. | 2014 | Shush | 1300 | 190,728 | 6.82 |
| Ghafouri, M. | 2015 | Bojnourd | 5909 | 349,270 | 16.92 |
| Sabouri Ghannad, M. | 2014 | Borujerd | 2783 | 320,547● | 8.68 |
| Havasian, M.R. | 2015 | Ilam | 598 | 213,579 | 2.80 |
| Kassiri, H. | 2012 | Ahvaz | 2390 | 1,272,378 | 1.88 |
| Kassiri, H. | 2014 | Shush | 2282 | 193,469 | 11.80 |
| Kassiri, H. | 2014 | Ahvaz | 4186 | 1,295,200 | 3.23 |
| Kassiri, H. | 2014 | Islam-Abad Gharb | 2864 | 171,300 | 16.72 |
| Khazaei, S. | 2014 | Tuyserkan | 425 | 103,786 | 4.09 |
| Majidpour, A. | 2004 | Ardebil Province | 4331 | 1,191,618 | 3.64 |
| Mohtasham-Amiri, Z. | 2015 | Gilan Province | 1771 | 2,480,874● | 0.71 |
| Naghibi, S.A. | 2014 | Mazandaran Province | 25,869 | 2,935,032 | 8.81 |
| Najafi, N. | 2009 | Mazandaran Province | 23,168 | 3,000,000● | 7.72 |
| Rafiei, N. | 2014 | Aq-Qala District | 1025 | 119,423 | 8.58 |
| Ranjbar, H. M. | 2006 | Torbat Heydariyeh | 1038 | 360,341 | 2.88 |
| Rezaeinasab, M. | 2007 | Kerman Province | 21,546 | 2,166,572 | 9.95 |
| Riyahi,S.M | 2012 | Tabas | 480 | 68,949 | 6.96 |
| Sabouri Ghannad, M. | 2012 | Ilam Province | 4420 | 555,517● | 7.96 |
| Sadeghi, A. | 2003 | West Azarbayjan Province | 3867 | 26,335.9● | 146.83 |
| Saghafipour, A. | 2014 | Qom Province | 7246 | 1,109,336 | 6.53 |
| Sheikholeslami, N. Z. | 2009 | Rafsanjan | 1542 | 250,000● | 6.17 |
| Taghvaii, M. R. E. | 2013 | Mashhad | 14,037 | 2,904,910 | 4.83 |
| Vahdati, S. | 2013 | Tabriz | 1084 | 1,656,447 | 0.65 |
| Zohrevandi, B. | 2014 | Rasht | 1014 | 918,445 | 1.10 |
*95% confidence interval
● Population was reported in the desired study