Snake Bite - Number of Cases and Deaths in India.

Compiled by Chrisy Ngilneii, B.Sc (Psychology), M.A (Sociology), Ph.D. (Epidemiology)

Reviewed by The Medindia Review Team on Dec 11, 2017

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India has the highest snakebite mortality rate in the world.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are about 83,000 annual cases of snakebite in India and about 11,000 deaths due to snakebites

Number of Cases and Deaths Due to Snakebite in India: 2014 and 2015
Year	Cases	Deaths
2014	1,41,458	1,127
2015	1,60,557	101

Snakebite among Males and Females in India - 2015
Gender	Cases	Deaths	Total
Male	96,975	565	1,60,557
Female	63,575	450	1,018

Top-ten States in India with Maximum Number of Snakebite Cases (2015)
Maharashtra	25, 994
West Bengal	23, 165
Andhra Pradesh	17, 284
Telangana	14, 293
Odisha	11, 817
Tamil Nadu	10, 181
Karnataka	10, 117
Gujarat	7,275
Rajasthan	5,719
Uttar Pradesh	5,700

References:

National Health Profile 2016, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Gov’t of India.

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