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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of potential human exposures to rabies in Nunavik for 2008–2017

From: Epidemiology of human exposure to rabies in Nunavik: incidence, the role of dog bites and their context, and victim profiles

Variable

All injuries

(n = 320)

Dogs

(n = 293a)

Other animals

(n = 23a)

n

%

n

%

n

%

Sex

 Male

198

61.9

176

60.1

20

87

 Female

120

37.5

115

39.2

3

13

 NA

2

0.6

2

0.7

0

0

Age group

 [0–4]

30

9.4

30

10.2

0

0

 [5–14]

110

34.4

102

34.5

5

21.7

 [15–34]

114

35.6

101

34.5

12

52.2

 [35+]

61

19.1

55

18.8

6

26.1

 NA

5

1.6

5

1.7

0

0

  1. a The total (dogs + other animals) is not 320 because animal type was unknown in 4 cases