Objective To summarize and analyze the relationship between exposure to rabies and its prevalence in Jurong City from 2003 to 2007,and discuss further the possible solutions to it.Methods The data of people vaccinated after being biten by animals were collected,manipulatd,and analyzed,with their illness records dealt with accordingly from 2003 to 2007 in Jurong City.Results Not a single one of 21 596 cases was that of rabies with proper treatment in the last 5 years.The sex ratio was 1.47∶1.The highest probability of exposure was the preschoolers under the age of 10.The disease occurred throughout the year,with the peak in July and September.Those biten by dogs accounted for 86.85% of the exposure to rabies,and among them,people biten by domesticated animals were in the majority.Wounds by the domesticated dogs reached 74.60%.Not a single case was treated properly among the 9 rabies cases reported in the same period.Conclusions Strengthening the management of domesticated dogs,publicizing the knowledge of rabies,treating the wound properly and thoroughly,innoculation with vaccine from the very beginning and administering rabies immune globulin are the effective ways to prevent rabies.