Estimating the Burden of Snakebite on Public Hospitals in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa Darryl Wood , MBBCh, MPhil, Benjamin Sartorius, PhD, Richard Hift,

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Estimating the Burden of Snakebite on Public Hospitals in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa Darryl Wood , MBBCh, MPhil, Benjamin Sartorius, PhD, Richard Hift, MBBCh, PhD Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Volume 27, Issue 1, Pages 53-61 (March 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2015.11.005 Copyright © 2016 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Map of KwaZulu Natal (KZN) province in the context of South Africa and expanded to show the distribution of the 6 sampled hospitals per district. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2016 27, 53-61DOI: (10.1016/j.wem.2015.11.005) Copyright © 2016 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 The weighted estimates of each hospital’s antivenom ratio (hospitals 1 to 6) plus the overall ratio for the stratified sample. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2016 27, 53-61DOI: (10.1016/j.wem.2015.11.005) Copyright © 2016 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 3 The percentage of snakebite presentations to public hospitals per district in KwaZulu Natal extrapolated from the derived formula. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2016 27, 53-61DOI: (10.1016/j.wem.2015.11.005) Copyright © 2016 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 4 The relative incidence of snakebite presentations to public hospitals per district in KwaZulu Natal. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2016 27, 53-61DOI: (10.1016/j.wem.2015.11.005) Copyright © 2016 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions