Global study puts snake envenoming deaths at up to 513,000 a year
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Researchers reviewed data from 79 countries and updated a 2008 global burden estimate using studies through 31 March 2025 and a geostatistical model. They estimate 274,000 to 513,000 deaths annually from snake envenoming, up to seven million envenomings a year, and more than 800,000 survivors with long-term disabilities—far above official counts because over half of affected countries do not track cases. Sub-Saharan Africa bears the heaviest toll, mainly among poor rural communities far from clinics.
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