Table 1.
Characteristics of snake bites in Morocco, 1999-2013
| Characteristics | Total1 | Outcome1 |
Case-fatality rate (%) | Chi-square | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Recovery | Unknown | ||||
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 842 (41.9) | 45 (5.3) | 487 (57.8) | 310 (36.8) | 8.5 | |
| Male | 1,166 (58.1) | 40 (3.4) | 702 (60.2) | 424 (36.4) | 5.4 | 0.74 |
| Total | 2,008 (100.0) | 85 (4.2) | 1,189 (59.2) | 734 (36.5) | ||
| Age (yr) | ||||||
| Toddler (1-4) | 66 (3.3) | 5 (7.8) | 40 (66.7) | 21 (31.8) | 11.1 | |
| Child (5-14) | 523 (26.2) | 42 (8.0) | 307 (58.7) | 174 (33.3) | 12.0 | |
| Adolescent (15-19) | 278 (13.9) | 4 (1.4) | 161 (57.9) | 113 (40.6) | 2.4 | 10.77* |
| Adult (20-74) | 1,105 (55.4) | 32 (2.9) | 655 (59.3) | 418 (37.8) | 4.7 | |
| Elderly (≥75) | 24 (1.2) | 1 (4.2) | 18 (75.0) | 5 (20.8) | 5.3 | |
| Total | 1,996 (100.0) | 84 (4.2) | 1,181 (59.2) | 731 (36.6) | ||
| Residence | ||||||
| Home | 592 (33.6) | 16 (2.7) | 359 (60.6) | 217 (36.7) | 4.3 | |
| Workplace | 167 (9.5) | 10 (6.0) | 116 (69.5) | 41 (24.5) | 8.0 | 1.30 |
| Public place | 1005 (57.0) | 48 (4.8) | 591 (58.8) | 366 (36.4) | 7.5 | |
| Total | 1764 (100.0) | 74 (2.7) | 1,066 (60.4) | 624 (36.4) | ||
| Location | ||||||
| Rural | 1,208 (74.7) | 59 (4.9) | 695 (57.5) | 454 (37.6) | 7.8 | |
| Urban | 409 (25.3) | 7 (1.7) | 275 (67.2) | 127 (31.0) | 2.5 | 9.80* |
| Total | 1,617 (100.0) | 66 (4.1) | 970 (60.0) | 581 (35.9) | ||
| Seasons | ||||||
| Autumn | 251 (13.3) | 8 (3.2) | 151 (60.2) | 92 (36.6) | 5.0 | |
| Winter | 147 (7.8) | 8 (5.4) | 72 (49.0) | 67 (45.6) | 10.0 | |
| Spring | 678 (35.9) | 29 (4.3) | 426 (62.8) | 223 (32.9) | 6.4 | 2.15 |
| Summer | 810 (42.9) | 32 (3.9) | 444 (54.8) | 334 (41.2) | 8.6 | |
| Total | 1,886 (100.0) | 77 (4.1) | 1,093 (57.9) | 716 (38.0) | ||
Values are presented as number (%).
1
Among cases for whom information was available.
*
p<0.05.