Job category | Age (years) median (range) | Working seniority (years) median (range) | Female gender (%)a | Potential occupational tick exposure (%)a | Tick bites at work: lifetime/previous year (%)a | Ticks on clothes at work: lifetime/previous year (%)a | Work area: lowland/mountain (%)a | Work area: wetland (%)a | Occupational contact with animals (%)a |
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Forestry workers (n = 31) | 41.0 (26–68) | 10.0 (2–35) | 32.2 | 100.0 | 80.7/41.9 | 74.2/54.5 | 0.0/83.8 | 93.5 | 25.0 |
Farmers (n = 31) | 46.5 (23–71) | 15.0 (1–30) | 9.3 | 100.0 | 100.0/74.1 | 90.3/77.5 | 6.4/96.7 | 96.7 | 93.5 |
Veterinarians (n = 44) | 42.5 (25–69) | 11.0 (1–30) | 40.9 | 86.4 | 27.3/6.8 | 34.1/18.8 | 31.8/11.3 | 40.9 | 100.0 |
Geologists/Agronomists (n = 30) | 53.0 (26–64) | 20.0 (1–32) | 30.0 | 86.7 | 36.7/10.0 | 40.0/23.3 | 40.0/43.3 | 73.3 | 10.0 |
Administrative employees (n = 34) | 49.5 (27–66) | 15.0 (1–32) | 67.6 | 0.0 | 0.0/0.0 | 0.0/0.0 | 73.5/0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Total (n = 170) | 47.0 (23–71) | 14.5(1–35) | 37.1 | 78.2 | 47.0/23.5 | 46.4/37.0 | 32.2/46.5 | 58.0 | 49.4 |