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Table 3 Geographical annual incidence of snakebites (per 100,000 population)

From: Retrospective study on the incidence of envenomation and accessibility to antivenom in Burkina Faso

Regions

Population

Density

Incidence

Boucle du Mouhoun

1,700,424

50

184 ± 29

Cascades

674,553

36

205 ± 10

Centre

2,280,653

795

24 ± 2

Centre-Est

1,363,871

93

145 ± 82

Centre-Nord

1,438,149

74

114 ± 6

Centre-Ouest

1,407,877

65

171 ± 28

Centre-Sud

752,505

66

72 ± 9

Est

1,489,004

32

99 ± 1

Hauts-Bassins

1,806,821

71

164 ± 12

Nord

1,401,682

78

131 ± 91

Plateau-Central

818,568

95

148 ± 18

Sahel

1,176,768

33

81 ± 8

Sud-Ouest

740,128

45

295 ± 19

Total – Burkina Faso

17,051,002

62

130 ± 10