Estimated Burden of Snakebite in Urban and Rural Lao PDR

Lao PDR snakebite burden estimates for urban and rural areas. The dataset is a 13.5 KB Excel file authored by Chanthawat Patikorn and last updated in June 2026. It is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license on figshare.

Use Cases

• Compare urban versus rural snakebite incidence rates based on the geographic distinction mentioned in the description
• Model the public health burden of snake envenomation based on estimated figures
• Inform resource allocation for antivenom distribution based on estimated regional burden

Strengths

• Dataset is openly licensed (CC-BY-4.0).
• File size is small (13.5 KB), facilitating quick download and inspection.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 17:39:43; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Lao PDR