TABLE 2.

Demographic distribution of visceral leishmaniasis cases in China between 2019 and 2021.

Characters	Endemic area						Total
	AVL		DT-ZVL		MT-ZVL
	No. of case	n/%	No. of case	n/%	No. of case	n/%	No. of case	n/%
Age group/year
0–2	1	10.00	7	35.00	118	20.42	126	20.72
3–6	1	10.00	0	0.00	39	6.75	40	6.57
7–14	2	20.00	0	0.00	17	2.94	19	3.13
≥15	6	60.00	13	65.00	404	69.90	423	69.57
Occupation
Infants and young children	2	20.00	7	35.00	156	26.99	165	27.14
Students	3	30.00	0	0.00	25	4.33	28	4.61
Peasants	4	40.00	10	50.00	271	46.89	285	46.88
Workers	0	0.00	0	0.00	31	5.36	31	5.10
Officials	0	0.00	0	0.00	7	1.21	7	1.15
Housewives	0	0.00	0	0.00	39	6.75	39	6.41
Others	1	10.00	3	15.00	49	8.48	53	8.72
Gender
Male	5	50.00	16	80.00	396	68.51	417	68.59
Female	5	50.00	4	20.00	182	31.49	191	31.41
Total	10	100.0	20	100.0	578	100.0	608	100.0

AVL, anthroponotic visceral leishmaniasis; MT-ZVL, mountain-type zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis; DT-ZVL, desert-type zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis.