how many people die from snake bites a year?
Snakes kill more than 90,000 around the world Studies suggested that only 8.5% of snake bite victims in Nigeria and 27% in Kenya sought hospital treatment. The researchers calculated that globally, at least 421,000 envenomings and 20,000 snake bite deaths occur each year. However, the figures could be as high as 1,841,000 envenomings and 94,000 deaths. Southern Asia bore the brunt of the deaths. In this part of the world, venomous snakes such as cobras and vipers killed 14,000 people each year. India, with its billion-strong population, suffered 11,000 deaths alone - more than any other country in the world.