Table 2. Distribution of human anti-rabies post-exposure care (n = 4,033,098) according to epidemiological background and current prophylaxis, Brazil, 2014-2019.

Variables	n	%
Epidemiological background
Type of exposurea (n = 4,368,254)
Bite	3,575,717	81.9
Scratch	601,256	13.7
Lick	105,643	2.4
Indirect contact	52,294	1.2
Other	33,344	0.8
Location of the wounda (n = 4,360,995)
Hands/feet	1,541,201	35.3
Lower limbs	1,488,110	34.1
Upper limbs	704,660	16.2
Head/neck	337,007	7.7
Torso	200,210	4.6
Mucous membrane	89,807	2.1
Wound (n = 3,908,181)
Single	2,336,416	59.8
Multiple	1,541,099	39.4
Not wounded	30,666	0.8
Type of wounda (n = 3,948,063)
Surface	2,015,477	51.0
Deep	1,719,434	43.6
Laceration	213,152	5.4
Attacking animal species (n = 4,028,237)
Dog	3,281,190	81.5
Cat	612,690	15.2
Bat	31,786	0.8
Primate	19,769	0.5
Fox	5,661	0.1
Domestic herbivore	11,288	0.3
Other	65,853	1.6
Status of the animal (n = 3,872,508)
Healthy	2,762,232	71.3
Suspect	638,614	16.5
Dead/missing	455,362	11.8
Rabid	16,300	0.4
Current prophylaxis
Final status of the animal (n = 2,420,706)
Rabies negative (clinical)	2,083,834	86.1
Dead/put down/no diagnosis	283,273	11.7
Rabies negative (laboratory)	42,593	1.8
Rabies positive (clinical)	5,057	0.2
Rabies positive (laboratory)	5,949	0.2
Prophylaxis indicated (n = 3,929,787)
Observation + vaccination	1,736,036	44.2
Observation of animal	1,044,030	26.6
Vaccination	754,452	19.2
Anti-rabies serum + vaccination	329,124	8.4
Prophylaxis waived	56,850	1.4
Reexposure regimen	9,295	0.2
Prophylaxis interrupted (n = 2,226,105)
No	1,684,981	75.7
Yes	541,124	24.3
Reason for interruption (n = 541,124)
Dropout	339,356	62.7
Indicated by health center	167,363	30.9
Transfer	34,405	6.4
Active tracing, carried out by health center (n = 307,048)
Yes	236,862	77.1
No	70,186	22.9
Anti-rabies serum indicated (n = 2,133,632)
No	1,867,673	87.5
Yes	265,959	12.5

a) More than one category allowed.