Snake Bite Statistics by State 2025
Fatal Snake Bites 2010-2022
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State | Fatal Snake Bites 2010-2022↓ | Fatal Snake Bites 1990-2009 | Fatal Snake Bites 1970-1990 | Estimated Venomous Snakebites per Year | Estiamted Incidents per 100k Pop | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Texas | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1,408 | 14.7 |
 | Georgia | 4 | 5 | 1 | 530 | 13.4 |
 | Missouri | 3 | 234 | 5.42 | ||
 | Alabama | 2 | 2 | 1 | 208 | 6.37 |
 | Colorado | 2 | 41 | 2.34 | ||
 | Kentucky | 2 | 3 | 2 | 143 | 4.71 |
 | West Virginia | 2 | 1 | 5 | 210 | 11.3 |
 | California | 1 | 2 | 221 | 1.41 | |
 | Florida | 1 | 3 | 2 | 350 | 7.07 |
 | Maryland | 1 | 1 | 42 | 1.35 | |
 | Nevada | 1 | 7 | 2.45 | ||
 | New York | 1 | 37 | 0.22 | ||
 | Oklahoma | 1 | 206 | 8.85 | ||
 | Pennsylvania | 1 | 64 | 0.75 | ||
 | South Carolina | 1 | 184 | 7.72 | ||
 | South Dakota | 1 | 31 | 4.56 | ||
 | Tennessee | 1 | 2 | 1 | 79 | 2.21 |
 | Virginia | 1 | 1 | 217 | 5.47 | |
 | Arizona | 3 | 102 | 7.83 | ||
 | Arkansas | 307 | 17.2 | |||
 | Connecticut | 4 | 0.16 | |||
 | Delaware | 8 | 1.79 | |||
 | District of Columbia | 5 | 0.65 | |||
 | Idaho | 10 | 1.5 | |||
 | Illinois | 35 | 0.35 | |||
 | Indiana | 45 | 0.97 | |||
 | Iowa | 9 | 0.33 | |||
 | Kansas | 115 | 5.28 | |||
 | Louisiana | 1 | 334 | 10.3 | ||
 | Maine | 0 | ||||
 | Massachusetts | 2 | 0.04 | |||
 | Michigan | 58 | 0.74 | |||
 | Minnesota | 3 | 0.09 | |||
 | Mississippi | 236 | 10.8 | |||
 | Montana | 38 | 5.63 | |||
 | Nebraska | 46 | 3.26 | |||
 | New Hampshire | 1 | 0.16 | |||
 | New Jersey | 25 | 0.41 | |||
 | New Mexico | 1 | 71 | 7.47 | ||
 | North Carolina | 1 | 856 | 18.8 | ||
 | North Dakota | 5 | 0.79 | |||
 | Ohio | 2 | 46 | 0.45 | ||
 | Oregon | 14 | 0.79 | |||
 | Rhode Island | 0 | 0.04 | |||
 | Utah | 20 | 2.25 | |||
 | Vermont | 0 | 0.08 | |||
 | Washington | 25 | 0.88 | |||
 | Wisconsin | 15 | 0.38 | |||
 | Wyoming | 21 | 6.36 |
- Data on snake bites are often surprisingly vague. Bites from non-venomous snakes are rarely recorded, and data regarding bites from poisonous snakes are often merged with data on interactions with other toxic/poisonous animals. Additionally, those few studies/sources that do specifically track snake bites often use different methodologies from one another.
- As a result of these challenges, data from one source often differ significantly from data from a different source.
- State-level breakdowns shown pertain to data year 1959.
- Snakebites in the US are highly regional. An analysis of 2016 data found that 82% of snakebites occurred in the South, 11% in the West, 7% in the Midwest, and 1% in the Northeast.
- Bites from venomous snakes rarely result in death as long as medical attention is sought. Of 65,695 reported venomous snake exposures from 2006-2015, only 31 proved fatal.
- The National Poison Data System recorded the following snakebite totals for the US as a whole during 2021: 2,287 copperheads, 75 coral snakes, 229 cottonmouths, 1184 rattlesnakes, 524 envenomations from unspecified venomous snakes, and 43 from poisonous exotic (pet) snakes.
Top 10 States with the Highest Estimated Venomous Snakebites per Year
State | Estimated Venomous Snakebites per Year |
|---|---|
| Texas | 1,408 |
| North Carolina | 856 |
| Georgia | 530 |
| Florida | 350 |
| Louisiana | 334 |
| Arkansas | 307 |
| Mississippi | 236 |
| Missouri | 234 |
| California | 221 |
| Virginia | 217 |
Sources
- Incidence of Treated Snakebites in the United States - Public Health Reports - National Institute Of Health
- 2021 Annual Report of the National Poison Data System - Clinical Toxicology
- Annual Reports - National Poison Data System
- The "T's" of snakebite injury in the USA: fact or fiction? - BMJ Journals
- Incidence and mortality due to snakebite in the Americas - PubMed 2017
- AAPCC database characterization of native U.S. venomous snake exposures, 2001-2005 - Clinical Toxicology, Vol 47, 2009
- List of fatal snake bites in the United State - Wiki
