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Table 1 Estimated total number of cases per year and incidence of snakebites in the various countries of Central America

From: Current challenges for confronting the public health problem of snakebite envenoming in Central America

Country

Total number of cases per year

Incidence (per 100,000 inhabitants per year)

Guatemala

600

4.2

Belize

50

15.2

Honduras

600

7.2

El Salvador

50

0.8

Nicaragua

600

10.5

Costa Rica

600

12.9

Panama

2,800

79.8