Factors | Percentages |
Occupation | |
Student | 29.1 |
Farmer | 12.8 |
Daily laborer | 16.3 |
Business | 4.5 |
Housewife | 18.2 |
Unemployed | 11 |
Others | 8.2 |
Activities of the person prior biting | |
Work | 42.8 |
Playing (in/outdoor) | 7.3 |
Traveling | 20 |
Others | 29.8 |
Place of bite | |
Home | 33.6 |
Highway/street | 26 |
Farming area | 14.5 |
Water reservoir | 25.9 |
Time of bite | |
Midnight to 6 am | 7.2 |
6 am to 12 noon | 16.2 |
12 noon to 18 pm | 32.7 |
18 pm to midnight | 43.9 |
Site of biting | |
Face | 2.9 |
Hand | 19.4 |
Leg | 63.1 |
Others | 14.5 |
Prior involvement | |
Playing/disturbing | 12.9 |
No prior involvement | 63.7 |
Others | 23.6 |
Education level | |
Illiterate | 26.8 |
Up to 5 grade | 25.9 |
6 to 12 grade | 39.2 |
Child < 5 yrs | 8.2 |
Religion | |
Muslim | 85.3 |
Hindu | 14.7 |
Place of living |
|
Urban | 7.8 |
Rural | 92.2 |
Sex |
|
Male | 65.4 |
Female | 34.6 |
Treatment sought |
|
Yes | 96.6 |
No | 3.4 |