Animal Attack/Bite statistics

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threat/danger is not measured just in mortality. It is also measured in morbidity. Morbidity in pit viper envenomation in the US is substantial. Significant lost work time, enormous medical cost, rehab costs, disability, etc.

As I tell patients in the ER...you may not be lucky enough to die from your heart attack or stroke. You just *might* live.....as a severely disabled person. Just something to think about.