Table 2. Reported human anthrax outbreaks, PLADs and cases involved in China, 2018–2021.
| Year | Number of outbreaks (n) | Involved PLADs (n) | Involved cases (n) |
| Abbreviation: PLADs=provincial-level administrative divisions. | |||
| 2018 | 11 | 8 | 60 |
| 2019 | 14 | 9 | 57 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 2021 | 24 | 11 | 95 |
| Total | 53 | 16 | 224 |