Figure 1. - Temporal distribution of scorpionism cases treated at the referral hospital for the assistance and treatment of accidents by venomous animals in Alagoas State, Northeast of Brazil, from 2007 to 2017. A) Absolute number of scorpionism cases per year (black line) analyzed by a linear regression model (blue line) (β = 0.73; p < 0.01); B) Absolute number of scorpionism cases distributed by month of the accident.