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There are 3+/- human rabies fatalities a year per the CDC:

Human Rabies

In this century, the number of human deaths in the United States attributed to rabies has declined from 100 or more each year to an average of 2 or 3 each year. Two programs have been responsible for this decline. First, animal control and vaccination programs begun in the 1940's and oral rabies vaccination programs in the 2000�s have eliminated domestic dogs as reservoirs of rabies in the United States. Second, effective human rabies vaccines and immunolglobins have been developed . All human cases in the United States since 1990 are summarized in the Table of Human Rabies Cases from 1995- 2006. The case histories of the ten most recent deaths can be found using the links below.

• Puerto Rico – 2003
• California – 2003
• Florida – 2004
• Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas (Transplant Associated Rabies) – 2004
• Wisconsin (survivor) – 2004
• California – 2004
• Mississippi – 2005
• Texas – 2006
• Indiana – 2006
• California – 2006

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From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carla Richardson
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 10:52 AM
To: Tx Trigger
Cc: Ridecamp
Subject: Re: [RC] petting a skunk

I don't think there has been a case of rabies in people since 1930's.  Even in dogs it's quite rare here, and we don't have to vaccinate our dogs every year, but every 3 years.