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Table 6 Incidence of envenomations (per 100,000 population) according to the states and zoological groups, 2001–2012 (except for caterpillar, 2007–2012)

From: Epidemiology of envenomations by terrestrial venomous animals in Brazil based on case reporting: from obvious facts to contingencies

Regions

States

Snake

Scorpion

Spider

Bee

Caterpillar

North

Rondônia

29.06

5.68

3.17

1.43

0.84

Acre

61.10

4.58

3.85

2.68

1.10

Amazonas

40.36

3.69

2.27

0.26

0.95

Roraima

69.54

6.10

2.81

9.17

0.75

Pará

68.30

18.79

3.23

0.43

0.27

Amapá

55.10

18.13

1.28

0.24

0.49

Tocantins

61.74

16.20

2.78

5.57

6.81

Northeast

Maranhão

24.60

1.91

0.60

0.42

0.21

Piauí

7.73

11.06

1.06

1.05

0.22

Ceará

8.57

9.09

0.54

1.39

0.08

Rio Grande do Norte

12.33

61.45

3.22

3.53

0.80

Paraíba

12.55

17.44

0.89

1.61

0.43

Pernambuco

8.89

54.73

0.73

4.06

0.26

Alagoas

10.89

111.39

1.40

5.53

1.44

Sergipe

9.83

3.55

1.03

1.48

0.59

Bahia

20.42

51.31

1.75

1.72

0.41

Southeast

Minas Gerais

15.94

52.39

7.10

3.47

3.22

Espírito Santo

28.07

24.23

6.41

3.39

3.71

Rio de Janeiro

3.63

1.78

1.12

0.13

0.10

São Paulo

3.93

12.79

5.79

3.44

1.01

South

Paraná

9.62

5.98

87.95

5.89

10.05

Santa Catarina

13.16

2.64

65.65

10.47

9.19

Rio Grande do Sul

8.98

0.54

13.73

2.48

3.48

Central-West

Mato Grosso do Sul

21.40

5.05

2.27

2.74

4.55

Mato Grosso

41.68

10.00

2.95

0.72

0.32

Goiás

17.43

16.08

2.52

1.34

0.50

Distrito Federal

5.94

11.32

1.25

3.23

0.92

Brazil

14.73

21.51

10.35

2.84

1.94