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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Over 64,000 people in India die of snakebites each year -Soumyadeep Bhaumik

Over 64,000 people in India die of snakebites each year -Soumyadeep Bhaumik

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published Published on Nov 5, 2022   modified Modified on Nov 7, 2022

-The Hindu

A vast majority of snakebite deaths globally — up to 64,100 of the 78,600 deaths — occur in India with Uttar Pradesh reporting the highest number of deaths followed by Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan 

That snakebite (a neglected tropical disease) is a public health problem in India and many other low- and middle-income countries has been long known. But a global estimate of deaths due to snakebite was not known till recently.

A study that our group, along with researchers from 21 other countries, published in  Nature Communications recently estimated that a vast majority of snakebite deaths globally — up to 64,100 of the 78,600 deaths — occur in India. The study also suggests that the global target of halving the number of deaths and injuries from snakebite by 2030 is unlikely to be met.

80% of global deaths

The study used data from verbal autopsy and vital statistics (civil registration) to estimate snakebite deaths from the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study. The global estimate of deaths due to snakebite comes 14 years after the previous one in 2008 and provides a more robust estimate. Before the current study, it was known that India is responsible for up to half of the global deaths due to snakebite. But the current study shows snakebite deaths in India are much higher at almost 80% of the global deaths.

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The Hindu, 5 November, 2022, https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/over-64000-people-in-india-die-of-snakebites-each-year/article66096730.ece?homepage=true


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