The present paper aims to analyze the clinical features and prognosis of rabies inpatients treated in The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University during 2002-­2015. Through the review of medical records and telephone questionnaire of the relatives of rabies patients, a descriptive analysis of general status, clinical data, laboratory test results and vaccine inoculation of 92 rabies patients was made. The male to female ratio was 1.6:1, and 96% of the patients were from rural areas. Dogs were the main source of infection. The onset of the disease was mainly within the first three months of the exposure (54%). 98% of the patients did not receive the injection of rabies vaccine before the reported exposure. All the patients died. The minimum duration from symptom onset to death was 20 h, and the maximum duration was 11 d. In conclusion, rabies is still at high risk in the rural areas of western China. The health education and publicity of knowledge of rabies prevention should be strengthened, especially for the protection of children less than 15 years and the population aged 40-­60 years.