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Table 1 Occupational distribution of hepatitis E cases reported from east-coast and non-coastal areas of Zhejiang Province, China in 2004–2017

From: Acute sporadic hepatitis E in the Zhejiang coastal area of China: a 14-year hospital-based surveillance study

Occupations

Coastal areas

(%, n)

Non-coastal areas

(%, n)

P value

Farmers

44.36% (4177)

51.76% (9301)

P < 0.001

Housekeepers

10.05% (946)

4.04% (726)

Workers

12.37% (1165)

11.20% (2012)

Retirees

5.59% (526)

8.58% (1542)

Others

6.44% (606)

1.39% (249)

Officers

3.90% (367)

5.58% (1003)

Businessmen

4.60% (433)

6.14% (1103)

Migrant labor

2.51% (236)

2.83% (509)

Students

1.67% (157)

0.90% (161)

Teachers

1.26% (119)

1.34% (241)

Food industry

0.98% (92)

0.86% (154)

Fishermen

0.63% (59)

0.06% (10)

Non-nursery governess

0.27% (25)

0.04% (8)

Medical workers

0.52% (49)

0.65% (116)

Public service

0.30% (28)

0.21% (38)

Seafarers and long-distance drivers

0.12% (11)

0.10% (18)

Nursery governess

0.04% (4)

0.02% (3)

Herdsman

0.03% (3)

0.04% (7)

Nursed baby

0.05% (5)

0.13% (24)

Unknown

4.31% (406)

4.14% (743)

Total

100% (9416)

100% (17,968)

  1. Notes: We used the chi-square test to compare the occupational distribution between coastal and non-coastal areas of Zhejiang Province, China during 2004–2017