Table 2 Trends of animal bites prevalence (per 100,000) by sex, location of animal attack, and age, during 2013–2017
Variables | Number (%) | Years of study | AAPCa | P-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |||||
Population | 2,227,090 | 2,382,986 | 2,549,795 | 2,728,281 | 2,819,261 | ||||
Sex | Male | 4277 (76.3) | 79.1 | 85.6 | 86.8 | 87.8 | 95.0 | 5.0 | 0.005 |
Female | 1324 (24.0) | 25.1 | 24.2 | 27.5 | 30.3 | 31.0 | 5.3 | 0.013 | |
Location of animal attack | Rural | 1365 (24.0) | 52.3 | 58.5 | 59.0 | 60.3 | 63.7 | 4.6 | 0.002 |
Urban | 4239 (76.0) | 53.1 | 46.6 | 54.3 | 57.3 | 63.1 | 5.0 | 0.010 | |
Age groups (year) | 1–9 | 599 (11.0) | 38.4 | 43.1 | 41.6 | 45.5 | 37.3 | −0.7 | 0.513 |
10–19 | 772 (14.0) | 55.5 | 52.5 | 53.2 | 54.0 | 68.0 | 5.1 | 0.115 | |
20–29 | 1347 (24.0) | 62.2 | 62.4 | 70.0 | 70.4 | 77.0 | 5.5 | 0.063 | |
30–39 | 1050 (19.0) | 50.3 | 53.1 | 60.4 | 63.0 | 64.6 | 6.4 | 0.045 | |
40–49 | 706 (13.0) | 49.1 | 46.8 | 54.1 | 62.7 | 61.6 | 5.9 | 0.045 | |
50–59 | 576 (10.2) | 57.4 | 67.6 | 62.3 | 56.1 | 68.3 | 4.5 | 0.434 | |
> 60 | 568 (10.1) | 50.1 | 66.5 | 56.4 | 59.0 | 66.9 | 7.5 | 0.183 | |
Total | 5618 | 52.4 | 55.2 | 57.5 | 59.4 | 63.4 | 4.9 | < 0.001 | |