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Table 2 health indicators for owned dogs by community poverty level, Uganda 2013

From: The impact of poverty on dog ownership and access to canine rabies vaccination: results from a knowledge, attitudes and practices survey, Uganda 2013

 

Village Poverty Level

0–19%

20–35%

36–55%

≥56%

Total

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Number of dogsa

18 (10.3%)

17 (9.7%)

109 (62.3%)

31 (17.7%)

175 (100%)

Study populationa

380 (8.7%)

343 (7.8%)

1 845 (42.2%)

1 807 (41.3%)

4 375 (100%)

Persons per dog

21.1

20.2

16.9

58.3

25.0 *

Dog Owning Households

3 of 79 (3.8%)

10 of 79 (12.7%)

67 of 357 (18.8%)

23 of 283 (8.1%)

103 of 798 (12.9%) *

Dogs per Dog Owning Household

6

1.7

1.6

1.3

1.7

Modelled Dogs per km2

485

72

49

19

96

Average Dog Age (95% CI)

2.3

(1.1–3.5)

2.9

(1.8–3.9)

2.8

(2.1–3.0)

1.9

(1.5–2.3)

2.4

(2.0–2.8)

Dogs with history of rabies vaccination

18 (100.0%)

12 (70.6%)

56 (51.4%)

13 (41.9%)

99 (56.6%) *

Suspected Rabies Dog Deaths, Past 5 years

0

0

5

4

9

Rabies Rate (annual, per 1 000 dogs)b

0

0

9.2

8.2

5.1

Households with dog deaths past 5 years

7 (8.9%)

11 (13.9%)

49 (13.7%)

31 (11.0%)

98 (12.3%)

Number of Dog Deaths, past 5 years

7 (100%)

34 (100%)

70 (100%)

67 (100%)

178 (100%)

 Injury

3 (42.9%)

16 (47.1%)

24 (34.3%)

22 (32.8%)

65 (36.5%)

 Disease

0 (0.0%)

5 (14.7%)

30 (42.9%)

35 (52.2%)

70 (39.3%)

 Poison

0 (0.0%)

2 (5.9%)

2 (2.9%)

7 (10.4%)

11 (6.2%)

 Natural Causes

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

4 (5.7%)

0 (0.0%)

4 (2.2%)

 Unknown Causes

4 (57.1%)

11 (32.4%)

10 (14.3%)

3 (4.5%)

28 (15.7%)

Dog Death Rate (annual, per 1 000 dogs)c

56

133

78

137

101

  1. arow percentage
  2. bRabies suspected death: dogs that died shortly after displaying at least two of the following symptoms: aggression, biting, hypersalivation, paralysis, lethargy. Canine rabies rates was calculated as: ((Rabies Deaths n/(Alive dogs n + Dead Dogs n))/5 years) × 1 000 dogs
  3. cDog death rate: ((Dead Dogs n/(Alive dogs n + Dead Dogs n))/5 years) × 1 000 dogs
  4. *Indicates Cochran Chi Square P value < 0.01