Table 3. Distribution of scorpion sting cases according to the severity considering the age range, sting location, the time between the sting and the medical care after the incident and serotherapy reported at the referral hospital for the assistance and treatment of accidents by venomous animals in Alagoas State, Northeast of Brazil, from 2007 to 2017.
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| Age Range (years) | < 1-year-old | 126 | 0.5 | 21 | 5.5 | 10 | 10.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 157 | 0.6 |
| 1- to 4 | 1,877 | 6.8 | 140 | 36.7 | 58 | 59.2 | 4 | 10.0 | 2,079 | 7.4 | |
| 5- to 9 | 2,318 | 8.4 | 65 | 17.1 | 14 | 14.3 | 2 | 5.0 | 2,399 | 8.6 | |
| 10- to 14 | 2,269 | 8.3 | 15 | 3.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 15.0 | 2,290 | 8.2 | |
| 15- to 19 | 2,341 | 8.5 | 12 | 3.1 | 1 | 1.0 | 3 | 7.5 | 2,357 | 8.4 | |
| 20- to 29 | 4,706 | 17.1 | 27 | 7.1 | 1 | 1.0 | 8 | 20.0 | 4,742 | 16.9 | |
| 30- to 39 | 4,122 | 15.0 | 25 | 6.6 | 4 | 4.1 | 5 | 12.5 | 4,156 | 14.8 | |
| 40- to 49 | 3,587 | 13.1 | 17 | 4.5 | 6 | 6.1 | 4 | 10.0 | 3,614 | 12.9 | |
| 50- to 59 | 2,847 | 10.4 | 29 | 7.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 15.0 | 2,882 | 10.3 | |
| 60- to 69 | 1,955 | 7.1 | 15 | 3.9 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 5.0 | 1,973 | 7.0 | |
| 70- to 79 | 972 | 3.5 | 13 | 3.4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 986 | 3.5 | |
| > 80-years | 349 | 1.3 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 353 | 1.3 | |
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| Sting Location | Head | 282 | 1.0 | 5 | 1.3 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 2.5 | 290 | 1.0 |
| Arm | 824 | 3.0 | 11 | 2.9 | 3 | 3.1 | 1 | 2.5 | 839 | 3.0 | |
| Forearm | 615 | 2.2 | 9 | 2.4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 625 | 2.2 | |
| Hand | 2,849 | 10.4 | 46 | 12.1 | 13 | 13.3 | 4 | 10.0 | 2,912 | 10.4 | |
| Finger | 5,106 | 18.6 | 62 | 16.3 | 9 | 9.2 | 7 | 17.5 | 5,184 | 18.5 | |
| Torso | 1,340 | 4.9 | 6 | 1.6 | 3 | 3.1 | 2 | 5.0 | 1,351 | 4.8 | |
| Leg | 1,045 | 3.8 | 6 | 1.6 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 2.5 | 1,054 | 3.8 | |
| Thigh | 898 | 3.3 | 13 | 3.4 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 913 | 3.3 | |
| Foot | 7,923 | 28.8 | 126 | 33.1 | 27 | 27.6 | 14 | 35.0 | 8,090 | 28.9 | |
| Toe | 4,014 | 14.6 | 59 | 15.5 | 13 | 13.3 | 3 | 7.5 | 4,089 | 14.6 | |
| Ignored/omitted | 2,573 | 9.4 | 38 | 10.0 | 23 | 23.5 | 7 | 17.5 | 2,641 | 9.4 | |
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| Time between the sting and the medical care | < 1 hour | 15,604 | 56.8 | 166 | 43.6 | 39 | 39.8 | 22 | 55.0 | 15,831 | 56.6 |
| 1 to 3 hours | 5,022 | 18.3 | 91 | 23.9 | 33 | 33.7 | 5 | 12.5 | 5,151 | 18.4 | |
| 3 to 6 hours | 1,515 | 5.5 | 32 | 8.4 | 11 | 11.2 | 2 | 5.0 | 1,560 | 5.6 | |
| 6 to 12 hours | 1,130 | 4.1 | 16 | 4.2 | 4 | 4.1 | 2 | 5.0 | 1,152 | 4.1 | |
| 12 to 24 hours | 759 | 2.8 | 23 | 6.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 2.5 | 785 | 2.8 | |
| > 24 hours | 298 | 1.1 | 11 | 2.9 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 310 | 1.1 | |
| Ignored/omitted | 3,141 | 11.4 | 42 | 11.0 | 8 | 8.2 | 8 | 20.0 | 3,199 | 11.4 | |
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| Serotherapy | Yes | 69 | 0.3 | 299 | 78.5 | 88 | 89.8 | 2 | 5.00 | 458 | 1.6 |
| No | 27,365 | 99.6 | 81 | 21.3 | 9 | 9.2 | 24 | 60.0 | 27,479 | 98.2 | |
| Ignored/omitted | 35 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 1.0 | 14 | 35.0 | 51 | 0.2 | |