Volume 8, Number 2—February 2002
Dispatch
Postexposure Treatment and Animal Rabies, Ontario, 1958-2000
Table
Rabies postexposure treatment (PET) and laboratory-confirmed animal rabies, Ontario, 1958 to 2000
Year | PET | Animal rabies | Ratio PET to animals rabies | PET rate per 100,000a |
---|---|---|---|---|
1958 | 1,647 | 2,426 | 0.7 | 28.3 |
1959 | 479 | 1,210 | 0.4 | 8.0 |
1960 | 566 | 241 | 2.3 | 9.3 |
1961 | 790 | 636 | 1.2 | 12.7 |
1962 | 991 | 879 | 1.1 | 15.6 |
1963 | 965 | 907 | 1.1 | 14.9 |
1964 | 852 | 1,006 | 0.8 | 12.9 |
1965 | 1,367 | 1,352 | 1.0 | 20.2 |
1966 | 1,168 | 1,004 | 1.2 | 16.8 |
1967 | 1,461 | 1,232 | 1.2 | 20.5 |
1968 | 1,539 | 1,924 | 0.8 | 21.2 |
1969 | 1,187 | 2,154 | 0.6 | 16.1 |
1970 | 1,164 | 1,477 | 0.8 | 15.4 |
1971 | 960 | 1,428 | 0.7 | 12.4 |
1972 | 1,252 | 2,161 | 0.6 | 15.8 |
1973 | 1,020 | 1,503 | 0.7 | 12.7 |
1974 | 974 | 1,425 | 0.7 | 11.9 |
1975 | 1,050 | 1,954 | 0.5 | 12.6 |
1976 | 935 | 1,395 | 0.7 | 11.1 |
1977 | 957 | 1,267 | 0.8 | 11.3 |
1978 | 816 | 1,422 | 0.6 | 9.5 |
1979 | 1,002 | 1,480 | 0.7 | 12.0 |
1980 | 1,096 | 1,412 | 0.8 | 11.6 |
Average | 1,054 | 1,387 | 0.8 | 14.3 |
1981 | 1,833 | 1,333 | 1.4 | 20.8 |
1982 | 2,402 | 2,095 | 1.1 | 27.0 |
1983 | 2,481 | 1,834 | 1.4 | 27.5 |
1984 | 2,027 | 1,366 | 1.5 | 22.1 |
1985 | 2,150 | 1,975 | 1.1 | 23.2 |
1986 | 4,212 | 3,274 | 1.3 | 44.7 |
1987 | 2,621 | 2,001 | 1.3 | 27.2 |
1988 | 2,266 | 1,830 | 1.2 | 23.1 |
1989 | 2,640 | 1,870 | 1.4 | 26.2 |
1990 | 1,991 | 1,611 | 1.2 | 19.4 |
1991 | 1,739 | 1,234 | 1.4 | 16.7 |
1992 | 2,186 | 1,371 | 1.6 | 20.7 |
1993 | 2,581 | 1,241 | 2.1 | 24.2 |
1994 | 1,437 | 613 | 2.3 | 13.3 |
1995 | 1,182 | 328 | 3.6 | 10.8 |
1996 | 937 | 149 | 6.3 | 8.5 |
1997 | 1,079 | 95 | 11.4 | 9.6 |
1998 | 1,048 | 80 | 13.1 | 9.2 |
1999 | 890 | 100 | 8.9 | 7.7 |
2000 | 1,073 | 183 | 5.9 | 9.2 |
Average | 1,939 | 1,229 | 1.6 | 19.0 |
aPopulation figures are from Statistics Canada Quarterly Estimates of Population For Canada, Provinces and Territories, 1951-2000.