Volume 3, Number 2—June 1997
Dispatch
Rabies Postexposure Prophylaxis Survey—Kentucky, 1994
Table 1
Characteristics of local health department patients receiving rabies postexposure prophylaxis
| Sex | ||
| Male | 52 | |
| Female | 43 | |
| Unspecified | 2 | |
| Agea | Youth (2 - 10) | 19 |
| Adolescent (11 - 17) | 15 | |
| Adult (18-71) | 59 | |
| Unspecified | 4 | |
| Health department locationb | ||
| Urban | 48 | |
| Rural | 49 | |
| Previously immunized | 6 | |
| Animal exposure | ||
| Wild | 15 | |
| Domestic (50 dogs, 29 cats, 1 horse) | 80 | |
| Unspecified | 2 | |
| Type of exposure | ||
| Bite or contact with saliva | 72 | |
| No contact with saliva | 17 | |
| Unspecified | 8 | |
| Treatment payer | ||
| Private insurance | 39 | |
| Medicaid | 7 | |
| Medicare | 3 | |
| Patient | 14 | |
| Other (employer, worker's compensation) | 3 | |
| Unspecified | 6 | |
| No reimbursement | 25 | |
(N=97)
a
= 28 yrs.
b Health departments in urban areas, as defined by the 1990 census of population for Kentucky. Metropolitan statistical areas were more likely to administer PEP than rural departments. (p=.033)
a
= 28 yrs.b Health departments in urban areas, as defined by the 1990 census of population for Kentucky. Metropolitan statistical areas were more likely to administer PEP than rural departments. (p=.033)
