Volume 16, Number 8—August 2010
Dispatch
Duck Hunters’ Perceptions of Risk for Avian Influenza, Georgia, USA
Hope O. Dishman
, David E. Stallknecht, and Dana Cole1
, David E. Stallknecht, and Dana Cole1
Table 2
Duck hunter experience and exposure to avian influenza (H5N1), Georgia, USA, November 17, 2007–March 27, 2008
| Hunters | Years of hunting, no. (%) hunters, n = 189 |
Exposure, mean (range) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2–5 | 6–10 | >10 | Hunts/y, n = 191* | Harvests/y, n = 188† | Ducks sent to taxidermist in past 5 y, n = 108‡ | ||
| All | 9 (5) | 42 (22) | 51 (27) | 87 (46) | 14.8 (1–60) | 26.2 (1–240) | 5.6 (1–60) | |
| Hunted <10 y | 9 (9) | 42 (41) | 51 (50) | 0 | 13.4 (1–60) | 24.3 (1–240) | 5.6 (1–60) | |
| Hunted >10 y | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 (100) | 16.5 (2–60) | 28.3 (2–200) | 5.6 (1–30) | |
*Differences in mean values, calculated by Mann-Whitney U test, were –3.2 (p = 0.03).
†Differences in mean values, calculated by Mann-Whitney U test, were –4.0 (p = 0.08).
‡Differences in mean values, calculated by Mann-Whitney U test, were 0.01 (p = 0.03).
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