Demographic and travel characteristics of people who presented for pretravel assessment between December 2008 and December 2014, according to pre-exposure rabies prophylaxis coverage
| Characteristic | No. of travellers (% of category)* | Standardized difference (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-exposure prophylaxis n = 1721 | No pre-exposure prophylaxis n = 35 311 | ||
| Age, mean ± SD; yr | 35.77 ± 15.14 | 32.07 ± 18.20 | 0.205 (0.156 to 0.253) |
| Age, yr | 0.190 (0.142 to 0.238) | ||
| < 18 | 94 (1.5) | 6286 (98.5) | |
| 18–40 | 1044 (5.3) | 18 673 (94.7) | |
| 41–60 | 470 (5.9) | 7502 (94.1) | |
| > 60 | 113 (3.8) | 2835 (96.2) | |
| Missing | 0 (0.0) | 15 (0.04) | |
| Sex | −0.023 (−0.071 to 0.026) | ||
| Female | 941 (4.7) | 18 898 (95.2) | |
| Male | 780 (4.5) | 16 392 (95.4) | |
| Missing | 0 (0.0) | 21 (0.1) | |
| Travel duration, mean ± SD; wk | 16.67 ± 22.81 | 5.18 ± 11.41 | 0.944 (0.893 to 0.996) |
| Travel duration, wk | 1.118 (1.066 to 1.169) | ||
| ≤ 4 | 602 (2.4) | 24 641 (97.6) | |
| 5–12 | 385 (6.8) | 5261 (93.2) | |
| 13–24 | 253 (14.2) | 1525 (85.8) | |
| 25–52 | 248 (21.7) | 894 (78.3) | |
| > 52 | 72 (27.0) | 195 (73.0) | |
| Missing | 161 (9.4) | 2795 (7.9) | |
| Continent | 0.449 (0.398 to 0.499) | ||
| Africa | 274 (3.9) | 6684 (96.1) | |
| Americas | 328 (2.0) | 15 696 (98.0) | |
| Asia | 981 (8.9) | 10 041 (91.1) | |
| Europe | 14 (3.2) | 428 (96.8) | |
| Missing | 124 (7.2) | 2462 (7.0) | |
| Reason for travel | 0.027 (−0.023 to 0.077) | ||
| Tourism | 1103 (4.2) | 25 391 (95.8) | |
| Work/business | 183 (6.4) | 2665 (93.6) | |
| Education/research | 56 (5.5) | 964 (94.5) | |
| Volunteer/aid work | 255 (10.1) | 2268 (89.9) | |
| Visiting friends and relatives | 2 (0.2) | 992 (99.8) | |
| Adoption | 0 (0.0) | 93 (100.0) | |
| Missing | 122 (7.1) | 2938 (8.3) | |
| No. of travellers in group | 0.092 (0.041 to 0.142) | ||
| 1 | 412 (7.4) | 5158 (92.6) | |
| 2 | 636 (5.1) | 11 828 (94.9) | |
| ≥ 3 | 552 (3.4) | 15 763 (96.6) | |
| Missing | 121 (7.0) | 2562 (7.2) | |
Note: CI = confidence interval, SD = standard deviation.
↵* Except where noted otherwise.