Research Article
Situation of Rabies in Ethiopia: A Five-Year Retrospective Study of Human Rabies in Addis Ababa and the Surrounding Regions
Table 1
Classification of fatal human rabies cases according to different variables from Addis Ababa and the surrounding areas between 2015 and 2019.
| | Age | <5 | 5–10 | 11–20 | >20 | |
| | Region | 6 (6.9%) | 18 (20.7%) | 18 (20.7%) | 45 (51.7%) | | | Oromia | Amhara | Addis Ababa | SNNP | Total N/% | | 51 (58.6%) | 13 (14.9%) | 15 (17.2%) | 8 (9.2%) | 87 (100%) | | Site of exposure | Leg | Hand | Face | Other | N/% | | 27 (31%) | 36 (41.4%) | 14 (16.1%) | 10 (11.5%) | 87 (100%) | | Exposing animal | Dog | Cat | Other | | N/% | | 83 (95.4%) | 1 (1.1%) | 3 (3.4%) | | 87 (100%) | | History of exposing animal | Unknown | Killed | Died | Disappeared | N/% | | 36 (41.4%) | 33 (37.9%) | 12 (13.8%) | 6 (6.9%) | 87 (100%) | | Treatment taken | NTV | Tissue culture | Traditional | No treatment | N/% | | 6 (6.9%) | 2 (2.3%) | 22 (25.3%) | 57 (65.5%) | 87 (100%) | | Length of illness | Minimum | Maximum | Mean | St. deviation | N/% | | 1 | 8 | 3.43 | 0.16 | 87 (100%) | | Patient status | Died | Survived | N/% | | | | 87 | — | 87 (100%) | | | | Vaccinal complication | Yes | No | N/% | | | | 5 | 82 | 87 (100%) | | |
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