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. 2022 Sep 2;4(35):783–787. doi: 10.46234/ccdcw2022.165

Table 1. General characteristics of reported cases of human anthrax in China, 2018–2021.

Variable 2018 2019 2020 2021 Total
Number of
cases 		Proportion
(%) 		Number of
cases 		Proportion
(%) 		Number of
cases 		Proportion
(%) 		Number of
cases 		Proportion
(%) 		Number of
cases 		Proportion
(%)
Total 336 100.0 297 100.0 224 100.0 387 100.0 1,244 100.0
Age (years)
0–24 39 11.6 36 12.1 18 8.0 33 8.5 126 10.1
25–49 213 63.4 180 60.6 124 55.4 219 56.6 736 59.2
50– 84 25.0 81 27.3 82 36.6 135 34.9 382 30.7
Sex
Male 248 73.8 232 78.1 139 62.1 295 76.2 914 73.5
Female 88 26.2 65 21.9 85 37.9 92 23.8 330 26.5
Occupation
Herdsmen 167 49.7 156 52.5 129 57.6 177 45.7 629 50.6
Farmers 121 36.0 109 36.7 79 35.3 167 43.2 476 38.3
Others 48 14.3 32 10.8 16 7.1 43 11.1 139 11.2
Clinical type
Cutaneous 331 98.5 290 97.6 221 98.7 382 98.7 1,224 98.4
Inhalational 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.4 1 0.3 2 0.2
Others 5 1.5 7 2.4 2 0.9 4 1.0 18 1.4