Behavioral risk factors associated with reported tick exposure in a Lyme disease high incidence region in Canada

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Number and proportion of respondents reporting tick bites and tick-borne disease preventive behaviors per subregions, sex, age, education and time spent outdoors (except for sex and showering, all differences between categories are statistically significant, with p values l < 0.03)

		Repellent		Shower		Tick checks
		n	%	n	%	n	%
Subregions	511 - La Pommeraie	276	39.1	362	54.2	330	44.4
	512 - Haute-Yamaska	339	35.2	471	51.3	347	35.6
	513 - Memphrémagog	244	34.0	353	52.0	231	31.6
	514 - Coaticook	193	27.4	329	49.7	222	31.4
	515 - Sherbrooke	952	29.5	1421	48.1	773	24.6
	516 - Val Saint-François	249	35.5	310	49.1	160	22.8
	517 - Asbestos	151	26.0	226	39.5	96	15.6
	518 - Haut-Saint-François	201	29.1	331	51.6	181	25.9
	519 - Granit	202	32.6	313	49.7	144	22
Sex	Male	2835	72.7	1668	51.3	818	27.1
Sex	Female	3772	61.8	2448	48.7	1666	32.8
Age group	18 - 24 yr	122	39.4	200	69.3	111	37.5
	25 - 34 yr	319	46	436	64	270	37.2
	35 - 44 yr	683	46	795	56.3	527	37.5
	45 - 54 yr	484	33.1	681	49.8	367	26.8
	55 - 64 yr	653	26.7	1036	46.1	610	27.6
	65 - 74 yr	441	20.6	774	38	474	24.3
	75+ yr	105	12.5	194	23.2	125	14
Education	No diploma	149	18.8	344	43.3	162	19.2
	High school diploma	543	29.4	865	48.7	468	28.1
	Trade school	330	35.3	476	50.5	260	29.2
	College diploma	737	37.2	961	51	606	30.8
	University degree	1013	35.4	1386	52	937	33.8
	Other	33	17.3	77	46	46	27
Time spent outdoors for primary occupation	5h hours per day	162	39.4	294	63.8	180	42.4
	1-4 h per day	496	37.7	764	57.7	510	39.8
	< 1 h per day	962	33.2	1490	53.8	948	33.2
	no time	1045	29.9	1384	42.7	756	22.7

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