Table 2. Severity and progression of snakebite cases in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, acording to the snake genus, from 2007 to 2014.
Snake genus | ||||||||||||
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Bothrops | Crotalus | Micrurus | Lachesis | Non-venomous snakes | Unknown | |||||||
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n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Severity | ||||||||||||
Mild | 760 | 50.4 | 84 | 45.4 | 21 | 40.4 | 4 | 66.7 | 658 | 97.8 | 403 | 67.6 |
Moderate | 468 | 31.1 | 71 | 38.4 | 11 | 21.2 | 1 | 16.7 | 8 | 1.2 | 59 | 9.9 |
Severe | 61 | 4 | 11 | 5.9 | 13 | 25 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 10 | 1.7 |
Unknown | 218 | 14.5 | 19 | 10.3 | 7 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.9 | 124 | 20.8 |
Progression | ||||||||||||
Cure | 1,178 | 78.2 | 146 | 78.9 | 43 | 82.7 | 5 | 83.3 | 638 | 94.8 | 461 | 77.3 |
Death | 11 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.3 |
Unknown | 318 | 21.1 | 39 | 21.1 | 9 | 17.3 | 1 | 16.7 | 35 | 5.2 | 133 | 22.3 |
Total | 1507 | 100 | 185 | 100 | 52 | 100 | 6 | 100 | 673 | 100 | 596 | 100 |