A Study of the Pattern of Admissions to the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Sri Lanka

Table 7

Snake bites and animal bites.

Diagnosis	Total	Male: age	Female: age
Snake bites	n = 623	n = 381 (61.2%)	n = 242 (38.8%)
		42.7 ± 17 years	46.6 ± 16.4 years
Hump nose viper bites	n = 295 (47.35%)	n = 169 (57.3%)	n = 126 (42.7%)
Unknown snake bites	n = 251 (40.4%)	n = 156 (62.1%)	n = 95 (37.8%)
Russell’s viper bites	n = 60 (9.63%)	n = 45 (75%)	n = 15 (25%)
Cobra bites	n = 10 (1.6%)	n = 8 (80%)	n = 2 (20%)
Centipede bites	n = 4	n = 3	n = 1
Krait bites	n = 2	n = 1	n = 1
Rat snake bites	n = 1
Dog bites (major)	n = 1,758	n = 914 (52%)	n = 844 (48%)
	4.8 ± 1.4 per day	41.8 ± 18.6 years	45 ± 18.4 years