Table 1. Distribution of scorpion sting cases at the referral hospital for the assistance and treatment of accidents by venomous animals in Alagoas State, Northeast of Brazil, from 2007 to 2017, according to the gender, age, accident zone, skin color/ethnicity and education level of patients.

Sociodemographic characteristics		Gender				Total
		Female		Male
		N	%	N	%	N	%
Age Range in years	< 1-year-old	79	0.5	78	0.7	157	0.6
	1- to 4	1,030	6.0	1,049	9.8	2,079	7.4
	5- to 9	1,216	7.0	1,183	11.1	2,399	8.6
	10- to 14	1,234	7.1	1,056	9.9	2,290	8.2
	15- to 19	1,377	8.0	980	9.2	2,357	8.4
	20- to 29	2,909	16.8	1,833	17.1	4,742	16.9
	30- to 39	2,682	15.5	1,474	13.8	4,156	14.8
	40- to 49	2,384	13.8	1,230	11.5	3,614	12.9
	50- to 59	2,017	11.7	865	8.1	2,882	10.3
	60- to 69	1,390	8.0	583	5.5	1,973	7.0
	70- to 79	717	4.1	269	2.5	986	3.5
	> 80-years	260	1.5	93	0.9	353	1.3
Accident zone	Urban	16,420	94.9	10,074	94.2	26,494	94.7
	Peri-urban	128	0.7	98	0.9	226	0.8
	Rural	138	0.8	125	1.2	263	0.9
	Ignored/Omitted	609	3.5	396	3.7	1,005	3.6
Skin color/Ethnicity	White	921	5.3	505	4.7	1,426	5.1
	Black	745	4.3	498	4.7	1,243	4.4
	Asian	10	0.1	6	0.1	16	0.1
	Multiracial	15,332	88.6	9,526	89.1	24,858	88.8
	Indigenous	15	0.1	10	0.1	25	0.1
	Ignored/Omitted	272	1.6	148	1.4	420	1.5
Educational level	Unlettered	654	3.8	269	2.5	923	3.3
	Uncomplete primary school	1,555	9.0	1,079	10.1	2,634	9.4
	Complete primary school	857	5.0	484	4.5	1,341	4.8
	Uncomplete middle school	2,571	14.9	1,740	16.3	4,311	15.4
	Complete middle school	1,448	8.4	858	8.0	2,306	8.2
	Uncomplete high school	970	5.6	563	5.3	1,533	5.5
	Complete high school	3,907	22.6	1,952	18.3	5,859	20.9
	Uncomplete higher education	465	2.7	319	3.0	784	2.8
	Complete higher education	1,135	6.6	513	4.8	1,648	5.9
	Not applicable	2,174	12.6	1,309	12.2	3,483	12.4
	Ignored/Omitted	1,559	9.0	1,607	15.0	3,166	11.3