An Epidemiological Study of Snake Bite Cases Attending at Mortuary in Tertiary District Level Medical College

Snake bite is a serious but neglected global problem specially in Southeast Asian countries, public health problem and one of the major causes of mortality and morbidity in rural areas. Objective-To find out socio demographic profile snakebite cases and pattern of snake bites.

Materials and Method-The observational cross sectional study was conducted at mortuary of Burdwan medical college. Results-The present study finding was majority of victims were Male (55%), age group of 15-60yrs, rural, Hindu, General Caste, having primary education level, agricultural worker. Most of the incident happened in rainy season (43%, statistically significant F-9.384, p-0.005) and from 6pm to 12 midnight (47.5%, statistically significant Chisq-40.67, df-3, p<.001). In majority of cases were Viper bite (47%, statically significant chi sq-45.867, df-3, p-<0.001) and in the inflicted at foot(54.2%, chi square-72.2, df-2, p-<0.001)