In the United States in 1999, there were 7,067 cases of rabies reported in animals. Most were in wild animals. No cases were reported in humans.
Rabies occurs in almost every state.
Hawaii is the only state that has not had a single native case of rabies in animals or humans. As you can see by this map, rabies is most common in the eastern United States. To see the number and types of rabies cases for a particular state, click here . Humans and rabies Most of the human deaths in this country since 1980 were caused by a strain of rabies associated with bats. The number of deaths is small because people who are bitten by animals often get the anti-rabies shots.