Figure 6

Seasonality patterns of snakebite mortality and rainfall in states with high-prevalence of snakebite deaths during 2001 to 2003. Rainfall amount (mm) is cumulative station-wise daily rainfall for the past 24 hours measured at 0830 IST of the day by the India Meteorological Department at its 537 observatories. Maximum and minimum temperatures are also measured daily on the same grid but not presented here. Temporal correlation between snakebite mortality and rainfall: 0.93 (P <0.0001), temperature minimum: 0.80 (P = 0.002), temperature maximum: 0.35 (P = 0.25) [17].