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. 2021 Aug 23;15(8):e0009645. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009645

Table 1. Attack rates by age and sex during a cutaneous anthrax outbreak, (N = 68).

Sex Frequency Total Population (For the sub-counties) Attack Rate/10,000
Male 66 26496 24.9
Female 2 28,704 0.7
Age group (years) (For the sub-counties)
<10 5 18,719 2.7
10–19 7 14,583 4.8
20–29 12 8,992 13.4
30–39 22 5,488 40.1
40–49 13 3,561 36.5
50+ 9 3,857 23.3

The overall attack rate was 12.3/10,000 population across the two sub-counties. Rigbo sub-county was more affected (AR = 21.9/10,000) than Rhino Camp sub-county (AR = 1.9/10,000) p<0.0001(S4 Fig).