Table 2 Descriptive analyses of bee sting cases in Campina Grande, Paraíba state, between 2007 and 2012, according to epidemiological variables (n = 459)

Age group (years)

1∣—∣9

14

17

13

5

8

4

61

13.3%

10∣—∣19

16

17

13

6

14

11

77

16.8%

20 ∣—∣ 29

28

31

30

14

8

9

120

26.1%

30 ∣—∣39

18

14

18

7

7

13

77

16.8%

40 ∣—∣ 49

13

15

10

8

5

3

54

11.8%

50 ∣—∣ 59

10

3

6

2

6

6

33

7.2%

60 ∣—∣ 69

5

2

4

1

1

4

17

3.7%

≥70

3

5

2

2

2

6

20

4.3%

Unknown

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0%

Gender

Male

71

72

72

32

26

38

311

68.2%

Female

36

32

24

13

25

18

148

32.4%

Place of occurrence

Urban

82

77

81

35

42

39

356

77.6%

Rural

23

26

11

7

7

16

90

19.6%

Peri-urban

0

0

0

2

0

0

2

0.4%

Unknown

2

1

4

1

2

1

11

2.4%

Work-related accident

Yes

9

12

5

2

5

9

42

9.2%

No

85

90

86

43

45

45

394

85.8%

Unknown

13

2

5

0

1

2

23

5%

Part of the body stung

Head

32

37

35

13

15

20

152

34.1%

Torso

11

20

14

7

7

8

67

15%

Hand

13

6

9

2

6

4

40

9%

Foot

10

5

8

2

1

13

39

8.7%

Arm

6

6

6

4

3

6

31

7%

Forearm

3

1

0

0

1

3

8

1.8%

Leg

0

2

3

1

1

1

8

1.8%

Unknown

29

24

18

13

16

1

101

22.6%

Time elapsed between sting and assistance (hours)

0 ∣—∣1

28

26

18

8

8

13

101

22%

1 ∣—∣ 3

17

21

13

8

9

11

79

17.2%

3 ∣—∣ 6

9

5

9

2

1

3

29

6.3%

6 ∣—∣ 12

4

1

4

0

3

0

12

2.6%

≥12

13

20

9

8

8

5

63

13.8%

Unknown

36

31

43

19

22

24

175

38.1%

TOTAL

107

104

96

45

51

56

459

100%