Table 1.
Ratio of antivenom availability in summer per annual snake envenoming reported to and recommendation to treat by the Poisons Information Helpline of the Western Cape of South Africa (PIHWC).
| Calls (mean per annum) | Recommendation to treat (mean per annum) |
Antivenom vials (n) | Antivenom vials per mean annual calls | Antivenom vials per mean recommendation to treat | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All hospitals | Rural | 18.0 | 4.8 | 292 | 16.22 | 60.83 |
| Urban | 6.4 | 1.6 | 103 | 16.09 | 64.38 | |
| District-level hospitals | Rural | 13.6 | 3.0 | 257 | 18.90 | 85.67 |
| Urban | 2.2 | 0.2 | 68 | 30.91 | 340 |