Table 1 Description of EM cases characteristics (patients and GPs who declared the case) N = 1831
N (%) | |
|---|---|
Patient characteristics | |
Age, in years (m.d.=5) | |
≤ 15 | 185 (10.1) |
]15–35] | 289 (15.8) |
]35–50] | 364 (19.9) |
]50–65] | 583 (31.9) |
More than 65 | 405 (22.2) |
Gender (m.d.=45) | |
Female | 957 (53.6) |
Male | 829 (46.4) |
Reported tick bite (m.d.=215) | |
Yes | 1176 (72.8) |
No | 440 (27.2) |
Erythema migrans size1(m.d.=176) | |
< 5 cm | 373 (22.5) |
≥ 5 cm | 1282 (77.5) |
Type of EM (m.d.=40) | |
Single | 1706 (95.3) |
Multiple | 85 (4.7) |
Centrifugal growth/expansion1(m.d.=338) | |
Yes | 1403 (94.0) |
No | 90 (6.0) |
Prescription of a serology (m.d.=88) | |
Yes | 418 (24.0) |
No | 1325 (76.0) |
SGPs characteristics | |
Age, in years (m.d.=17) | |
≤ 40 | 344 (19.0) |
]40–50] | 427 (23.5) |
]50–60] | 593 (32.7) |
> 60 | 450 (24.8) |
Gender (m.d.=0) | |
Female | 553 (30.2) |
Male | 1278 (69.8) |
Type of practice (m.d.=131) | |
Individual | 678 (41.5) |
In groups | 957 (58.5) |
Regions by incidence rates2,3(m.d.=0) | |
High incidence region | 864 (47.2) |
Moderate incidence region | 374 (20.4) |
Low incidence region | 593 (32.4) |
Type of municipality of practice (m.d.=2) | |
Rural | 540 (29.5) |
Urban | 1289 (70.5) |
Number of cases seen by SGPs on a yearly basis(m.d.=0) | |
≤ 1 case | 490 (26.8) |
]1–5[ | 943 (51.5) |
≥ 5 cases | 398 (21.7) |
Study period (m.d.=0) | |
2009–2014 | 498 (27.2) |
2015–2020 | 1333 (72.8) |