Table 5.

Details of past stings reported by participants who had been stung by lionfish before the sting reported in first part of questionnaire.

Stung in the past (N (%))	233 (41.98%)
Stung body part, N (%)
Hand/arm	213 (91.42%)
Foot/leg	17 (7.30%)
Face/head	1 (0.43%)
Activity when sting occurred, N (%)
Spearfishing	180 (77.28%)
Fileting a lionfish	18 (7.73%)
Diving/snorkeling	24 (10.30%)
Other	11 (4.72%)
No. of spines involved, N (%)
1 spine	174 (74.67%)
2 spines	23 (9.87%)
3+ spines	25 (10.73%)
Pain compared with previous sting, N (%)
The same	92 (39.48%)
Less intense	111 (47.64%)
More intense	31 (13.30%)

Data are reported as counts with percentage distributions indicated in brackets.