Volume 19, Number 12—December 2013
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis
Epidemiologic Investigations into Outbreaks of Rift Valley Fever in Humans, South Africa, 2008–2011
Table 2
Frequency distribution of human laboratory-confirmed Rift Valley fever cases by patient characteristic, South Africa, 2008–2011
Characteristic | No. (%); N = 302 |
---|---|
Male sex* |
262 (87) |
Age group, y† | |
0–9 | 1 (<1 |
10–19 | 16 (5) |
20–29 | 67 (22) |
30–39 | 47 (16) |
40–49 | 68 (23) |
50–59 | 53 (18) |
60–69 | 30 (10) |
≥70 |
18 (6) |
Occupation‡ | |
Farmer or farm worker | 173 (60) |
Animal health worker | 37 (13) |
Abattoir worker, butcher, or hunter | 32 (11) |
Farm resident (nonworker) | 5 (2) |
Non–animal related occupation |
42 (15) |
*Known for 302 case-patients. †Known for 300 case-patients. ‡Known for 289 case-patients |
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