Charkazi Abdurrahman, Behnampour Naser, Fathi Mehri, Esmaeili Abdollatif, Shahnazi Hossein, Heshmati Hashem
Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Health, Golestan university of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran.
J Educ Health Promot. 2013 Mar 31;2:13. doi: 10.4103/2277-9531.112682. eCollection 2013.
Animal bite is one of the problems of public health which has the potential risk of rabies disease. This study was conducted to determine the epidemiology of animal bite in Aq Qala city from 2000 to 2009.
In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 13142 cases of animal bites which were recorded in Rabies Treatment Center of Aq Qala City were entered into the study by census method. The data were collected from the registered office profile of people who had referred to this center. The obtained data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequency distribution, percentage, mean, and standard deviation) and Chi-square test.
Of 13142 registered cases, 72.1% were men and 27.9% were women. The mean age of the victims was 25.0 ± 17.8 years, most of whom (84%) lived in villages. Also, most cases of animal bite were done by dogs, (97.8%) occurred in legs (69.6%). Most of the victims were students (28.9%). The highest frequency of bites happened in spring (28.8%). The incidence rate of animal bite was 1222/100,000 people. The highest and lowest incidence rates were 1608/100 000 in 2004 and 1117/100,000 in 2009, respectively. There was a significant relationship between season and the number of bites (P < 0.05).
The incidence of animal bite in Aq Qala city was higher than that in other studies in different parts of the country. Considering the high cost of antirabies serum and vaccination, it is essential to take necessary measures reduce the incidence of this problem.
动物咬伤是公共卫生问题之一，存在感染狂犬病的潜在风险。本研究旨在确定2000年至2009年阿卡拉市动物咬伤的流行病学情况。
在这项描述性横断面研究中，采用普查法将阿卡拉市狂犬病治疗中心记录的13142例动物咬伤病例纳入研究。数据从转诊至该中心的人员登记档案中收集。使用描述性统计（频率分布、百分比、均值和标准差）和卡方检验对所得数据进行分析。
在13142例登记病例中，男性占72.1%，女性占27.9%。受害者的平均年龄为25.0±17.8岁，其中大多数（84%）居住在农村。此外，大多数动物咬伤病例是由狗造成的，（97.8%）发生在腿部（69.6%）。大多数受害者是学生（28.9%）。咬伤发生率最高的季节是春季（28.8%）。动物咬伤的发病率为1222/10万人口。最高和最低发病率分别为2004年的1608/10万和2009年的1117/10万。季节与咬伤数量之间存在显著关系（P<0.05）。
阿卡拉市动物咬伤的发病率高于该国其他地区的其他研究。考虑到抗狂犬病血清和疫苗接种的高昂成本，采取必要措施降低这一问题的发病率至关重要。
