Two recent studies reveal that getting bitten by a snake is a far greater problem than people have been led to believe.
Official World Health Organization statistics are that snakebites result in 100,000 deaths each year around the world and 300,000 cases of permanent disability.
But a recent study found that 46,000 people die every year from snakebites in India alone -- a far cry from the mere 2,000 such deaths officially reported. Another study in Bangladesh found 6,000 deaths due to snakebites every year and a whopping 700,000 snakebites overall -- totals that also far exceed that country’s official estimates.
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