Table 1.

States, number of counties with a state, and number of years reporting complete surveillance data on raccoon rabies within the United States, 1992–2001

State	No. of counties	No. of observation years	Percent of observations
Alabama	67	603	10
Connecticut	8	72	1
Maine	16	128	2
Marylanda	23	161	3
Massachusetts	14	140	2
New Hampshire	10	80	1
New Jersey	21	189	3
New York	62	620	10
North Carolina	100	1000	17
Ohio	88	616	10
Pennsylvania	67	469	8
Rhode Island	5	40	1
South Carolina	46	322	5
Vermont	14	84	2
Virginiab	117	1053	17
West Virginia	55	495	8
Total	713	6072	100%

^aThe independent city of Baltimore was omitted, and its reports were assigned to the county of the same name.

^bThe independent cities of Charlottesville, Covington, Emporia, Falls Church, Harrisonburg, Lexington, Manassas, Manassas Park, Martinsville, Norton, Poquoson, Staunton and Winchester had no reports and were omitted. The independent cities of Fairfax, Bedford, Franklin, and Roanoke were omitted, and their reports were assigned to counties of the same names.