A Pilot Study on Snake Bite Deaths in the District of Malda, West Bengal, India

Authors

  • Aloke Mazumder1 , TanushreeMondal2 , Partha Pratim Mukhopadhyay3

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37506/ijfmt.v14i4.11432

Keywords:

Epidemiology, Snake Bite Deaths, District, West Bengal, India

Abstract

The alarming number of deaths due to snake bite are often under-reported and missed due to several
interrelated socioeconomic factors. Epidemiology of fatal snake bite have been reported sparsely from
West Bengal in recent past .The present investigation was devised to explore the profile of the fatal cases
of envenomation in snake bite from a district of northern part of West Bengal. Deaths due to snake bite
constituted 02.067% of all unnatural deaths from mortuary data. The mean age of the cases of fatal snake
bite was 34.18 with SD 2.67. It was seen that the mean interval between bite and treatment was 3.35 hours
with SD 0.48. The present work was a short regional research to supplement epidemiology and add to the
database of deaths from snake bite in a district of West Bengal, India.

Author Biography

  • Aloke Mazumder1 , TanushreeMondal2 , Partha Pratim Mukhopadhyay3

    1Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology,Malda Medical College Malda,West Bengal,
    2
    Associate Professor and Assistant Director of Medical Education, Department of Community Medicine, Medical
    College, Kolkata, West Bengal, 3Professor of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology,Malda Medical College,Malda, West
    Bengal

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Published

2020-10-29

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

Section

Articles

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en

How to Cite

A Pilot Study on Snake Bite Deaths in the District of Malda, West Bengal, India. (2020). Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 14(4), 19-25. https://doi.org/10.37506/ijfmt.v14i4.11432