On the opposite spectrum of Donald Trumps re-vitalization of the Birther cause is the death certificate. In Western and developed countries, causes of death are readily available because most people die in hospital settings or under medical/hospice care. The CDC publishes these yearly and so private and public health dollars can be guided appropriately.
Meanwhile, in developing countries, most people lack access to health care and many die at home. Even when they do die in hospitals, with limited diagnostic criteria, the proximate cause of death may be quite difficult to pin-point. A way to estimate/circumscribe this is to just go around to villages and households and ask how people died.
The (ominously named) Million Death Study hopes to do this through an ambitious mortality survey covering over 16 years (98-2014) and 15 million people. They get community health workers to go around to these families to ask how and if anyone died. The survey results are then sent to professional medical auditors who give the most likely cause of death.
Their most recent publication in the Public Library of Science (PLoS) estimates that 45,000 (CI 40-60k) snakebites occur yearly, with the most deaths occuring in Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. Given that snakebites kill quite rapidly and anti-venom needs to be snake-specific, it's unclear if the medical health community can offer much - outside rapidly expanding to provide a clinic in every village. The preventive health measures likely have lots more to offer - cutting grass low in rainy seasons, wearing boots ($$), etc.
In the end though - really...45,000 people die in India each year from snake bites?