Table 2. Reported and estimated snakebites and envenoming bites by sex, age, education, employment and income.
Snakebite (in sample) | Envenoming bites (in sample) | |
Sex | ||
Male n (%) | 418 (0.25) | 193 (0.12) |
Female n (%) | 277 (0.17) | 130 (0.08) |
Age | ||
Median (IQR) | 42 (31–54) | 42 (30–53) |
Snakebite incidence [95%CI] (per 100’000 population) | Envenoming incidence [95%CI] (per 100’000 population) | |
Sex | ||
Male | 478 (414–541) | 176 (146–207) |
Female | 320 (273–367) | 126 (100–154) |
Education | ||
No-schooling | 509 (281–737) | 265 (102–429) |
Primary (1–5) | 520 (427–613) | 234 (178–289) |
Secondary (6–11) | 458 (400–517) | 174 (143–205) |
Up to Advance level | 286 (219–353) | 82 (51–114) |
Above Advance level | 124 (38–212) | 54 (08–100) |
Employment | ||
Field workers | 460 (411–509) | 197 (167–226) |
Others | 290 (224–355) | 70 (47–94) |
Average monthly income (Rupees) (1US$ = SLRs.145) | ||
< 5000 | 461 (341–582) | 280 (186–375) |
5000–10000 | 436 (353–519) | 224 (169–279) |
10000–20000 | 340 (275–406) | 157 (116–197) |
20000–35000 | 436 (350–521) | 106 (76–136) |
>35000 | 352 (230–474) | 100 (43–158) |