Table 1 Event media reporting characteristics of unique reports by source origination, October 2013–December 2014 (n = 108)
Media source | Domestic (n = 83) | International (n = 25) | P-value (Fisher’s exact) |
|---|---|---|---|
Categorical variables; no. (%) | |||
Nature of event | 0.026 | ||
Informational | 17 (21) | 7 (28) | |
Warning | 1 (1) | 3 (11) | |
Active | 65 (78) | 15 (58) | |
Development region | 0.022 | ||
Farwestern | 7 (8) | 0 (0) | |
Midwestern | 7 (8) | 1 (4) | |
Western | 7 (8) | 0 (0) | |
Central | 33 (40) | 11 (42) | |
Eastern | 21 (26) | 5 (19) | |
Multiple regions | 3 (4) | 0 (0) | |
Unspecified regions | 5 (6) | 8 (32) | |
Topic type | <0.0001 | ||
Human only | 41 (50) | 5 (20) | |
Animal only | 8 (10) | 14 (56) | |
Environment only | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
Human-animal only | 2 (2) | 0 (0) | |
Human-environment only | 31 (37) | 6 (24) | |
Animal-environment only | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
Human-animal-environment | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | |
Media type | <0.0001 | ||
Newspaper | 79 (95) | 10 (40) | |
Inter-government agency | 0 (0) | 12 (48) | |
Individual (via ProMED) | 4 (5) | 0 (0) | |
Trade website | 0 (0) | 3 (12) | |
Primary group | <0.0001 | ||
Humans | 74 (89) | 11 (44) | |
Wildlife | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
Livestock and Poultry | 9 (11) | 14 (56) | |