China number two in world for rabies deaths: govtChina is second only to India worldwide in the number of people killed by rabies rabies (rā`bēz, ră`–) or hydrophobia (hī'drəfō`bēə), acute viral infection of the central nervous system in dogs, foxes, raccoons, skunks, bats, and other animals, and in every year, the government has reported, making the disease one of the nation's biggest public health threats. "China is one of the countries most severely affected by rabies, and in recent years the number of annual reported deaths from rabies has averaged around 2,400," the health ministry said in a statement on its website. "It is only inferior in number to India, and gives us the world's second-place ranking." The statement, issued to coincide with World Rabies Day World Rabies Day is a global initiative to raise awareness about the continuing burden of Rabies and how the disease can be prevented. The inaugural World Rabies Day took place on September 8, 2007 with the goal of building the political will necessary to end rabies. on Monday, said rabies was among the top three infectious diseases infectious diseases: see communicable diseases. in China. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the official Global Times newspaper, the other two serious diseases with high fatality rates fa·tal·i·ty rate n. See death rate. fatality rate see case fatality rate. are AIDS and tuberculosis. The ministry quoted the World Health Organization as saying that more than 55,000 people die from rabies -- a disease most often transmitted through animal bites -- every year, with 95 percent of the cases in Asia or Africa. 
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