MACKAY-Whitsunday residents are much more likely to be bitten by a snake than any other venomous critter, Queensland Health data shows.

Mackay Hospital and Health Service treated 425 people bitten or stung by venomous snakes, spiders, bees, marine animals and other animals between January 2014 and November 2016.

Luckily, no one died as a result of their injuries, the health service said.

Out of those 425 injuries - which included stings from marine plants - 236 snake bites were recorded, which is more than half (55.5%) of all bites and stings.

Venomous marine stingers and plants caused 112 injuries, more than a quarter (26.3%) of all recorded incidents.

While bees and wasps are often overlooked when it comes to hospitalisations, more than one in 10 (10.3%) of the bites and stings were attributed to the insects.

Less than one in 20 (4.9%) bites and stings were attributed to spiders, while unnamed venomous arthropods (insects, arachnids, myriapods, and crustaceans) caused 2.8% of stings and bites.

Anaphylactic shock, which is a life-threatening allergic reaction, was triggered in 29 of the bites and stings over the time period - more than one in every 20 (6.8%) injuries.

Bees and hornets caused 26 of the reactions, while spiders caused one and venomous arthropods, two.