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. 2023 Mar 9;13:3986. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-30984-3

Table 1.

Testing rates by WHO Status and region.

Grouping (n) All-animal testing rate, median (IQR) Domestic animal rate, median (IQR) Domestic animal rate per dog population, median (IQR) Wildlife rate, median (IQR)
WHO Rabies Status
 Status 5: No dog rabies (51) 3.4 (0.3–14.3) 0.9 (0.1–2.0) 5.6 (0.9–13.6) 3.5 (0.3–15.3)
  Status 5a: Wildlife free (31) 1.3 (0.3–9.9) 0.6 (0.1–1.3) 4.6 (0.5–9.8) 0.7 (0.2–9.5)
  Status 5b: Wildlife enzootic (20) 7.8 (2.3–22.4) 1.8 (0.7–5.3) 12.8 (3.5–43.9) 7.8 (1.7–20.1)
 Status 4: Controlled dog rabies (8) 4.5 (2.9–13.0) 4.1 (2.3–12.6) 33.1 (18.3–92.7) 0.2 (0.1–0.5)
 Status 3: Sporadic dog-transmitted human rabies (5) 8.0 (0.9–31.1) 4.6 (0.6–9.4) 5.8 (< 0.01–14.2) 10.6 (4.3–46.9)
 Status 2: Endemic dog rabies (7) 0.5 (0.3–1.1) 0.3 (0.2–0.8) 2.1 (2.0–6.5) 0.3 (< 0.01–0.8)
 Status 1: Endemic dog-transmitted human rabies (42) 0.6 (0.1–2.6) 0.4 (0.1–1.9) 3.3 (1.1–17.1) 0.02 (0–0.1)
TOTAL
 Status 1 and 2 (49) 0.6 (0.2–1.9) 0.4 (0.1–1.8) 2.8 (1.1–17.0) 0.02 (0–0.1)
 Status 3 and 4 (13) 5.6 (1.9–14.7) 4.6 (0.8–12.1) 23.8 (6.6–60.2) 0.2 (0.1–0.9)
WHO region
 Africa (26/51) 0.2 (0.1–1.4) 0.2 (0.1–1.2) 2.1 (1.1–12.0) 0.01 (0–0.1)
 Americas (28/53) 1.2 (0.4–3.9) 0.8 (0.3–4.7) 6.2 (1.9–23.4) 0.1 (0.01–1.0)
 Eastern Mediterranean (9/21) 0.6 (0.2–1.6) 0.8 (0.1–2.0) 5.5 (0.4–19.0) 0.03 (0.02–0.04)
 Europe (42/59) 6.6 (1.3–17.1) 0.9 (0.2–2.3) 6.1 (1.4–19.6) 3.6 (0.3–18.4)
 Southeast Asia and Western Pacific (9/50) 4.8 (0.6–7.4) 3.7 (0.6–5.4) 39.0 (6.6–112.2) 0.4 (0.2–1.1)

All rates are per 100,000 population. N’s within each column may differ based on available data.