A/HRC/40/38/Add.1 IX. Statistics on communications (2018) Statistics on communications (2018) 75 Communications sent to Non-State actors 108 Communications related to legislation 121 Countries received at least one communication 158 Communications followed up by mandate holders 300 Replies received to communications sent in 2018 of which 281 (42.9% reply rate6) are substantive replies. Some communications received more than one reply. 387 Total replies received in 2018 of which 368 are substantive replies (this includes replies to communications sent before 2018) 531 Gender of individuals concerned Unspeci-fied 20.9% Women 17.5% Women Men Unspecified Joint communications by two or more mandate holders Men 61.6% 655 Communications sent 1536 Individuals covered, of which 269 were identified as female. Communications sent by mandate holders by type UA 1.4% JAL 56.9.5% JUA 24.1% AL 17.6% UA = Urgent Appeal JUA = Joint Urgent Appeal AL = Allegation Letter JAL = Joint Allegation Letter 6 26 Since 2018, only the substantive replies are counted to determine reply rate to communications.