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. 2019 Dec 27;14(12):e0213120. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213120

Table 1. Characteristics of population exposed to rabies according to type of aggressor species in Colombia 2007–2016.

VARIABLES AGGRESSOR SPECIES
DOG CAT BAT FARM ANIMALS
AGE N = 666,304 n = 582,539 (%) n = 73,272 (%) n = 3,051 (%) n = 7,442 (%)
0–9 year 157,018 (27.0) 14,670 (20.0) 589 (19.3) 819 (11.0)
10–19 years 126,489 (21.7) 11,709 (16.0) 576 (18.9) 1,254 (16.9)
20–29 years 77,776 (13.4) 10,778 (14.7) 559 (18.3) 1,287 (17.3)
30–39 years 58,487 (10.0) 8,156 (11.1) 366 (12.0) 1,303 (17.5)
40–49 years 51,574 (8.9) 8,371 (11.4) 327 (10.7) 1171 (15.7)
50–59 years 47,946 (8.2) 8,025 (11.0) 311 (10.2) 838 (11.3)
60–69 years 33,136 (5.7) 5,525 (7.5) 167 (5.5) 517 (6.9)
70–79 years 21,133 (3.6) 3,822 (5.2) 112 (3.7) 184 (2.5)
80 years and over 8,980 (1.5) 2,216 (3.0) 44 (1.4) 69 (0.9)
GENDER N = 666411 n = 582,636% n = 73,281% n = 3,051% n = 7,443%
Female 253,919 (43.6) 44,811 (61.1) 1,267 (41.5) 1,949 (26.2)
Male 328,717 (56.4) 28,470 (38.9) 1,784 (58.5) 5,494 (73.8)
AGRESSION TYPE N = 666411 (0.0)
Bite 536,277 (92.0) 58,171 (79.4) 2,811 (92.1) 3,919 (52.7)
Scratch 44,354 (7.6) 14,857 (20.3) 188 (6.2) 224 (3.0)
Contact of mucosa or skin injured with saliva, nervous tissue, biological material or secretions infected with rabies virus 1,756 (0.3) 1,960 (0.2) 38 (1.2) 3,055 (41.0)
Other 249 (0.0) 57 (0.1) 14 (0.0) 245 (3.3)
OCUPATION N = 666411      
Student 210,340 (36.1) 22,898 (31.2) 959 (31.4) 2,175 (29.2)
Homemaker 84,658 (14.5) 13,954 (19.0) 418 (13.7) 1,025 (13.8)
Underage 55,839 (9.6) 6,290 (8.6) 303 (9.9) 640 (8.6)
Professionals, technicians and others from the agroforestry and livestock area 26,511 (4.6) 2,574 (3.5) 144 (4.7) 1,171 (15.7)
Professionals, technicians and others in organization, administration, law, financial analysis and related 16,692 (2.9) 2,647 (3.6) 91 (3.0) 175 (2.4)
Professionals, technicians and workers of the biological sciences, medicine and health 13,975 (2.4) 2,275 (3.1) 102 (3.3) 207 (2.8)
Others 17,4621 (30.0) 22,643 (30.9) 1,034 (33.9) 2,050 (27.5)
ETHNICITY N = 666411        
Indigenous 10,409 (1.8) 748 (1.0) 460 (15.1) 388 (5.2)
Afrodescendant 23,180 (4.0) 2,144 (2.9) 300 (9.8) 720 (9.7)
Others 3,585 (0.6) 418 (0.6) 21 (0.7) 68 (0.9)
Population without ethnic group 545,462 (93.6) 69,971 (95.5) 2,270 (74.4) 6,267 (84.2)