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Table 1 Geographic and practice characteristics of poxvirus survey respondents vs. entire EIN participant base

From: Clinical experience, infection control practices and diagnostic algorithms for poxvirus infections - an Emerging Infections Network survey

Variable

Respondents

(n = 212), no.(%)

Total EIN

(n = 1076†), no.(%)

Response rate

Type of practice

   

Adult

141 (77.5%)

786 (73.1%)

17.94%

Pediatric

34 (18.7%)

213 (19.8%)

15.96%

Adult & Pediatric

7 (3.9%)

75 (6.97%)

9.33%

Other

0

2 (0.18%)

 

Practice Location

   

Rural

11 (7.5%)

48 (6.8%)

22.92%

Suburban

40 (27.4%)

150 (21.3%)

26.67%

Urban

93 (63.7%)

496 (70.6%)

18.75%

combination

2 (1.4%)

9 (1.3%)

22.22%

Teach

   

Yes

131 (72.8%)

637 (61.6%)

20.57%

No

49 (27.2%)

397 (38.4%)

12.34%*

Practice Type

   

Academic

105 (52.2%)

404 (55.9%)

25.99%

Private

84 (41.8%)

264 (36.7%)

31.82%

Other

12 (6.0%)

54 (7.5%)

22.22%

Region

   

New England

13 (6.3%)

92 (8.6%)

13.83%

Mid Atlantic

28 (13.5%)

196 (18.2%)

14.29%

East North Central

36 (17.3%)

144 (13.4%)

25.00%

West North Central

16 (7.7%)

75 (7.0%)

21.33%

South Atlantic

34 (16.4%)

214 (19.9%)

15.89%

East South Central

12 (5.8%)

49 (4.5%)

24.49%

West South Central

18 (8.7%)

72 (6.7%)

25.00%

Mountain

14 (6.7%)

54 (5.0%)

25.93%

Pacific

35 (16.8%)

160 (14.9%)

21.88%

Canada

2 (1%)

13 (1.2%)

15.38%

Puerto Rico

0 (0%)

6 (0.6%)

 

No. yrs practice

   

<10 yrs

9 (8.0%)

74 (16.9%)

12.16%*

10-20 yrs

51 (45.5%)

162 (37.0%)

31.48%

21-30 yrs

38 (33.9%)

147 (33.6%)

25.85%

31+ yrs

14 (12.5%)

55 (12.6%)

25.45%

  1. Note: # of respondents does not equal 21 for some variables due to missing information
  2. †Demographic data was available for 1076 of the 1080 EIN participants
  3. * Variable group has significantly lower response rate compared to the rest of the responses for that variable combined