Abstract
Objective: Analyze prevalence and identify the profile of patients affected by accidents with venomous animals in the Brazilian territory. Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study using epidemiological data. Information was obtained from DATASUS, in the subsections of the Information System for Notifiable Diseases (SINAN) and Mortality Information System (SIM). Results: 2,456,217 accidents with venomous animals were reported in Brazil. The most affected sex was male (56%), the most common age group is 20 and 39 years, the predominant race was mixed (42.8%) and incomplete schooling from 5th to 8th grades (11.4%). The prominent aggressor agent was scorpion (51.2%) and in evolution, there was predominance of cure without sequelae (91.5%). In SIM, Northeast region stood out in terms of number of deaths (14.3%) and 2019 had the highest sum of deaths (4.6%). The greatest number of deaths affected the male population (33.79%), over 60 years old (8.7%), brown people (25.8%) and with 1 to 3 years of study (12.3%). Conclusion: There is high prevalence of accidents and correlation with urbanization, occupation and biome. Affected are young males, with low education and brown color. Mortality is associated with age, species and care.