Table 6 Occupational distribution of VL cases
From: Current epidemiological profile and features of visceral leishmaniasis in people's republic of China
Group | Non-endemic area | Endemic area | AVL | MST-ZVL | DST-ZVL | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | No. of case | % | No. of case | % | No. of case | % | No. of case | % | No. of case | % |
Infants and young children | 24 | 10.62 | 1339 | 60.21 | 117 | 29.62 | 446 | 52.41 | 542 | 97.48 |
Students | 9 | 3.98 | 349 | 15.70 | 133 | 33.67 | 158 | 18.57 | 5 | 0.90 |
Peasants | 0 | 0 | 403 | 18.12 | 117 | 29.62 | 192 | 22.56 | 4 | 0.72 |
Labourers | 128 | 56.64 | 19 | 0.85 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.94 | 1 | 0.18 |
Workers | 15 | 6.64 | 20 | 0.90 | 3 | 0.76 | 10 | 1.18 | 0 | 0 |
Officials | 8 | 3.54 | 35 | 1.57 | 6 | 1.52 | 17 | 2.00 | 2 | 0.36 |
Housewives | 8 | 3.54 | 26 | 1.17 | 14 | 3.54 | 7 | 0.82 | 2 | 0.36 |
Personnel in service trades | 6 | 2.65 | 5 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.47 | 0 | 0 |
Others | 28 | 12.39 | 28 | 1.26 | 5 | 1.27 | 9 | 1.06 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 226 | 100 | 2224 | 100 | 395 | 100 | 851 | 100 | 556 | 100 |