Supplementary Table 2. Sociodemographic characteristics of accidents caused by venomous animals in Brazil, by region and study period.
| Type of Accident | Variable/Category | 2013-2019 | 2020-2022 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North | Northeast | Southeast | South | Central-West | North | Northeast | Southeast | South | Central-West | ||
| Snakes | Age group | ||||||||||
| < 19 years old | 19638 (29.9) | 12613 (25.2) | 7862 (17.6) | 3074 (18.6) | 4209 (20.9) | 8769 (28.2) | 6485 (23.4) | 2724 (15.9) | 998 (16.2) | 1607 (19.1) | |
| 20-59 years old | 40771 (62.0) | 31465 (62.7) | 30131 (67.5) | 10639 (64.3) | 13380 (66.3) | 19456 (62.5) | 17407 (62.7) | 11256 (65.8) | 3845 (62.6) | 5515 (65.7) | |
| 60 or more | 5352 ( 8.1) | 6066 (12.1) | 6672 (14.9) | 2822 (17.1) | 2598 (12.9) | 2916 ( 9.4) | 3880 (14.0) | 3132 (18.3) | 1302 (21.2) | 1276 (15.2) | |
| Sex | |||||||||||
| Female | 13968 (21.2) | 12672 (25.3) | 10566 (23.7) | 4007 (24.2) | 4907 (24.3) | 6912 (22.2) | 6901 (24.9) | 4146 (24.2) | 1524 (24.8) | 2020 (24.1) | |
| Male | 51781 (78.8) | 37454 (74.7) | 34088 (76.3) | 12529 (75.8) | 15275 (75.7) | 24228 (77.8) | 20861 (75.1) | 12964 (75.8) | 4621 (75.2) | 6376 (75.9) | |
| Race | |||||||||||
| White/Yellow breed | 4530 ( 7.2) | 4431 (10.3) | 19805 (49.0) | 13570 (85.3) | 5093 (27.9) | 1712 ( 5.7) | 2089 ( 8.3) | 6883 (43.6) | 4961 (84.1) | 1857 (23.8) | |
| Indigenous | 5161 ( 8.2) | 925 ( 2.1) | 207 ( 0.5) | 241 ( 1.5) | 1278 ( 7.0) | 2674 ( 8.8) | 951 ( 3.8) | 92 ( 0.6) | 66 ( 1.1) | 507 ( 6.5) | |
| Black/Brown breed | 53348 (84.6) | 37686 (87.6) | 20428 (50.5) | 2106 (13.2) | 11890 (65.1) | 25844 (85.5) | 21994 (87.9) | 8808 (55.8) | 871 (14.8) | 5433 (69.7) | |
| Spiders | Age group | ||||||||||
| < 19 years old | 1632 (24.2) | 3429 (26.3) | 14091 (20.9) | 27899 (21.3) | 1373 (23.5) | 855 (21.3) | 1834 (24.1) | 5886 (19.3) | 8687 (19.0) | 775 (21.9) | |
| 20-59 years old | 4233 (62.9) | 8355 (64.1) | 41597 (61.8) | 81525 (62.2) | 3646 (62.5) | 2568 (64.0) | 4969 (65.2) | 18604 (61.1) | 28736 (63.0) | 2223 (62.8) | |
| 60 or more | 865 (12.9) | 1251 ( 9.6) | 11601 (17.2) | 21721 (16.6) | 812 (13.9) | 588 (14.7) | 813 (10.7) | 5964 (19.6) | 8186 (17.9) | 544 (15.4) | |
| Sex | |||||||||||
| Female | 2735 (40.6) | 6582 (50.5) | 27415 (40.8) | 65897 (50.3) | 2606 (44.7) | 1658 (41.3) | 3855 (50.6) | 12362 (40.6) | 22344 (49.0) | 1633 (46.1) | |
| Male | 3995 (59.4) | 6452 (49.5) | 39854 (59.2) | 65239 (49.7) | 3225 (55.3) | 2352 (58.7) | 3761 (49.4) | 18088 (59.4) | 23261 (51.0) | 1909 (53.9) | |
| Race | |||||||||||
| White/Yellow breed | 913 (14.2) | 1583 (15.3) | 38218 (63.8) | 111964 (89.5) | 1702 (34.8) | 438 (11.3) | 831 (12.9) | 16477 (59.1) | 37527 (87.1) | 848 (27.9) | |
| Indigenous | 344 ( 5.3) | 62 ( 0.6) | 159 ( 0.3) | 642 ( 0.5) | 91 ( 1.9) | 152 ( 3.9) | 54 ( 0.8) | 79 ( 0.3) | 216 ( 0.5) | 65 ( 2.1) | |
| Black/Brown breed | 5191 (80.5) | 8720 (84.1) | 21498 (35.9) | 12511 (10.0) | 3097 (63.3) | 3279 (84.8) | 5538 (86.2) | 11346 (40.7) | 5318 (12.3) | 2128 (70.0) | |
| Scorpions | Age group | ||||||||||
| < 19 years old | 8125 (27.9) | 107607 (29.9) | 79141 (22.9) | 4300 (21.6) | 10100 (24.4) | 4714 (26.1) | 55046 (27.4) | 47921 (21.6) | 3115 (20.5) | 8397 (24.5) | |
| 20-59 years old | 18533 (63.5) | 202506 (56.3) | 207078 (59.8) | 12626 (63.6) | 25909 (62.6) | 11504 (63.6) | 115469 (57.4) | 129208 (58.3) | 9424 (62.1) | 20702 (60.4) | |
| 60 or more | 2516 ( 8.6) | 49483 (13.8) | 59992 (17.3) | 2936 (14.8) | 5347 (12.9) | 1873 (10.4) | 30628 (15.2) | 44384 (20.0) | 2630 (17.3) | 5197 (15.2) | |
| Sex | |||||||||||
| Female | 11265 (38.6) | 205163 (57.1) | 158016 (45.7) | 9159 (46.1) | 20130 (48.7) | 7127 (39.4) | 111359 (55.4) | 103063 (46.5) | 6965 (45.9) | 17326 (50.5) | |
| Male | 17903 (61.4) | 154366 (42.9) | 188098 (54.3) | 10701 (53.9) | 21222 (51.3) | 10964 (60.6) | 89734 (44.6) | 118383 (53.5) | 8201 (54.1) | 16961 (49.5) | |
| Race | |||||||||||
| White/Yellow breed | 3782 (13.6) | 38630 (14.1) | 151488 (47.6) | 14365 (76.4) | 10713 (33.5) | 2025 (11.6) | 20286 (12.1) | 100492 (48.0) | 10543 (72.1) | 9118 (32.9) | |
| Indigenous | 728 ( 2.6) | 1281 ( 0.5) | 1062 ( 0.3) | 61 ( 0.3) | 315 ( 1.0) | 411 ( 2.4) | 727 ( 0.4) | 785 ( 0.4) | 46 ( 0.3) | 252 ( 0.9) | |
| Black/Brown breed | 23298 (83.8) | 234149 (85.4) | 165737 (52.1) | 4366 (23.2) | 20916 (65.5) | 15046 (86.1) | 146439 (87.5) | 107927 (51.6) | 4038 (27.6) | 18336 (66.2) | |
| Caterpillars | Age group | ||||||||||
| < 19 years old | 869 (47.1) | 1437 (37.8) | 3790 (29.0) | 4042 (33.0) | 638 (44.6) | 392 (41.4) | 758 (36.5) | 1681 (25.8) | 988 (31.1) | 267 (38.5) | |
| 20-59 years old | 806 (43.7) | 1883 (49.6) | 7050 (54.0) | 6382 (52.0) | 646 (45.1) | 452 (47.7) | 1040 (50.1) | 3601 (55.4) | 1679 (52.8) | 340 (49.1) | |
| 60 or more | 171 ( 9.3) | 478 (12.6) | 2209 (16.9) | 1843 (15.0) | 148 (10.3) | 103 (10.9) | 276 (13.3) | 1223 (18.8) | 510 (16.1) | 86 (12.4) | |
| Sex | |||||||||||
| Female | 866 (46.9) | 1725 (45.4) | 5844 (44.8) | 5541 (45.2) | 739 (51.6) | 444 (46.9) | 955 (46.1) | 3005 (46.2) | 1503 (47.3) | 370 (53.4) | |
| Male | 980 (53.1) | 2073 (54.6) | 7198 (55.2) | 6724 (54.8) | 693 (48.4) | 503 (53.1) | 1117 (53.9) | 3496 (53.8) | 1674 (52.7) | 323 (46.6) | |
| Race | |||||||||||
| White/Yellow breed | 245 (14.2) | 436 (14.7) | 6932 (60.5) | 10608 (90.1) | 371 (36.7) | 142 (15.6) | 237 (13.8) | 3288 (55.7) | 2696 (88.7) | 172 (33.2) | |
| Indigenous | 62 ( 3.6) | 20 ( 0.7) | 24 ( 0.2) | 48 ( 0.4) | 22 ( 2.2) | 23 ( 2.5) | 8 ( 0.5) | 11 ( 0.2) | 17 ( 0.6) | 5 ( 1.0) | |
| Black/Brown breed | 1423 (82.3) | 2506 (84.6) | 4494 (39.2) | 1123 ( 9.5) | 617 (61.1) | 748 (81.9) | 1477 (85.8) | 2609 (44.2) | 325 (10.7) | 341 (65.8) | |
| Bees | Age group | ||||||||||
| < 19 years old | 2016 (36.5) | 12085 (33.2) | 13900 (32.5) | 7323 (32.2) | 1743 (35.5) | 957 (29.5) | 7691 (27.4) | 4579 (25.8) | 2473 (27.5) | 814 (25.9) | |
| 20-59 years old | 3083 (55.9) | 21781 (59.8) | 25150 (58.9) | 13186 (58.1) | 2766 (56.4) | 1937 (59.8) | 17952 (64.0) | 11282 (63.5) | 5523 (61.4) | 1961 (62.4) | |
| 60 or more | 418 ( 7.6) | 2579 ( 7.1) | 3659 ( 8.6) | 2205 ( 9.7) | 399 ( 8.1) | 346 (10.7) | 2396 ( 8.5) | 1903 (10.7) | 992 (11.0) | 366 (11.7) | |
| Sex | |||||||||||
| Female | 1915 (34.7) | 13150 (36.1) | 15118 (35.4) | 8305 (36.6) | 1644 (33.5) | 1069 (33.0) | 9692 (34.6) | 5630 (31.7) | 3011 (33.5) | 947 (30.2) | |
| Male | 3601 (65.3) | 23287 (63.9) | 27582 (64.6) | 14409 (63.4) | 3265 (66.5) | 2171 (67.0) | 18341 (65.4) | 12133 (68.3) | 5976 (66.5) | 2192 (69.8) | |
| Race | |||||||||||
| White/Yellow breed | 808 (15.4) | 4367 (15.7) | 24262 (64.4) | 18601 (85.7) | 1306 (34.1) | 409 (13.1) | 3141 (13.2) | 9500 (58.2) | 7269 (84.5) | 784 (30.0) | |
| Indigenous | 49 ( 0.9) | 149 ( 0.5) | 90 ( 0.2) | 106 ( 0.5) | 28 ( 0.7) | 24 ( 0.8) | 191 ( 0.8) | 54 ( 0.3) | 29 ( 0.3) | 25 ( 1.0) | |
| Black/Brown breed | 4376 (83.6) | 23270 (83.7) | 13350 (35.4) | 2993 (13.8) | 2491 (65.1) | 2682 (86.1) | 20523 (86.0) | 6776 (41.5) | 1301 (15.1) | 1805 (69.1) | |
| Others | Age group | ||||||||||
| < 19 years old | 3893 (35.5) | 6518 (37.7) | 7339 (35.7) | 3711 (42.6) | 1562 (34.5) | 2135 (32.0) | 3236 (33.0) | 2599 (30.7) | 1211 (35.3) | 878 (30.2) | |
| 20-59 years old | 6404 (58.4) | 9207 (53.3) | 11343 (55.2) | 4175 (48.0) | 2512 (55.6) | 4011 (60.1) | 5583 (56.9) | 4927 (58.2) | 1764 (51.5) | 1715 (59.0) | |
| 60 or more | 670 ( 6.1) | 1556 ( 9.0) | 1859 ( 9.1) | 817 ( 9.4) | 448 ( 9.9) | 524 ( 7.9) | 1001 (10.2) | 935 (11.1) | 451 (13.2) | 315 (10.8) | |
| Sex | |||||||||||
| Female | 3513 (32.0) | 7883 (45.6) | 8903 (43.4) | 4126 (47.4) | 2073 (45.8) | 2304 (34.5) | 4464 (45.5) | 3560 (42.1) | 1617 (47.2) | 1429 (49.2) | |
| Male | 7454 (68.0) | 9394 (54.4) | 11630 (56.6) | 4577 (52.6) | 2449 (54.2) | 4365 (65.5) | 5354 (54.5) | 4900 (57.9) | 1808 (52.8) | 1475 (50.8) | |
| Race | |||||||||||
| Black/Brown breed | 1328 (12.9) | 1969 (15.0) | 10111 (55.4) | 7000 (86.7) | 1093 (28.5) | 726 (11.2) | 935 (11.6) | 4003 (50.7) | 2693 (84.8) | 664 (26.4) | |
| Indigenous | 292 ( 2.8) | 55 ( 0.4) | 40 ( 0.2) | 36 ( 0.4) | 47 ( 1.2) | 151 ( 2.3) | 59 ( 0.7) | 21 ( 0.3) | 13 ( 0.4) | 24 ( 1.0) | |
| Black/Brown breed | 8694 (84.3) | 11103 (84.6) | 8100 (44.4) | 1038 (12.9) | 2700 (70.3) | 5598 (86.5) | 7056 (87.7) | 3868 (49.0) | 469 (14.8) | 1827 (72.6) | |