Preventable deaths related to floods.

Duclos, Philippe; Isaacson, J. Harry

doi:10.2105/ajph.77.11.1474

Cited by 7 publications

(14 citation statements)

References 1 publication

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Mortality was also attributed to: trauma, injury, heart attack, electrocution, burns, carbon monoxide poisoning and car crash (see Figure 5) [19,35,36,48,49,52]. …”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Finally, six studies describe characteristics of those who suffered health effects at the time of floods ( i.e. , research question 3b) [ 1 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 ], but it is unclear if the frequency of these characteristics are more common among those flooded than for the source population or if the health effects can be attributed to the floods. However, they may identify suggested areas for future research.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Significant regional (17 regions as defined in EM-DAT) differences observed for average flood mortality mainly caused by the dominance of some high mortality events in the regional datasets. No indication of a relationship between mortality and the underlying determinants of the region.Duclos and Isaacson 1987 [49]USCase seriesFloods in Illinois, Oklahoma, Missouri, Michigan 1986Deaths and demographic vulnerability: gender onlyDescription of the 24 deaths due to flood. Pre-flood: 3 heart attacks (lifting furniture & sandbagging) During-flood: 17/24 deaths male.…”

Section: Table A1mentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Factors Increasing Vulnerability to Health Effects before, during and after Floods

Lowe

Ebi

Forsberg

2013

IJERPH

129

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Identifying the risk factors for morbidity and mortality effects pre-, during and post-flood may aid the appropriate targeting of flood-related adverse health prevention strategies. We conducted a systematic PubMed search to identify studies examining risk factors for health effects of precipitation-related floods, among Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) member countries. Research identifying flood-related morbidity and mortality risk factors is limited and primarily examines demographic characteristics such as age and gender. During floods, females, elderly and children appear to be at greater risk of psychological and physical health effects, while males between 10 to 29 years may be at greater risk of mortality. Post-flood, those over 65 years and males are at increased risk of physical health effects, while females appear at greater risk of psychological health effects. Other risk factors include previous flood experiences, greater flood depth or flood trauma, existing illnesses, medication interruption, and low education or socio-economic status. Tailoring messages to high-risk groups may increase their effectiveness. Target populations differ for morbidity and mortality effects, and differ pre-, during, and post-flood. Additional research is required to identify the risk factors associated with pre- and post-flood mortality and post-flood morbidity, preferably using prospective cohort studies.

show abstract

“…Mortality was also attributed to: trauma, injury, heart attack, electrocution, burns, carbon monoxide poisoning and car crash (see Figure 5) [19,35,36,48,49,52]. …”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Table A1mentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Factors Increasing Vulnerability to Health Effects before, during and after Floods

Lowe

Ebi

Forsberg

2013

IJERPH

129

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Of these 214 fatalities, 87 percent occurred during the impact phase. Nonetheless, a bias in the data is likely in terms of excluding pre-impact and many post-impact fatalities while including most impact phase deaths (Duclos and Isaacson, 1987). For example, Water Safety New Zealand maintains a database of cases of drowning in New Zealand but does not consider post-impact flood-related drownings to be associated with the flood event.…”

Section: Timing Of Deathmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Analysis of the Causes and Circumstances of Flood Disaster Deaths

2005

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The objective of this paper is to investigate and to improve understanding of the causes and circumstances of flood disaster deaths. A standardised method of classifying flood deaths is proposed and the difficulties associated with comparing and assessing existing information on flood deaths are discussed. Thirteen flood cases from Europe and the United States, resulting in 247 flood disaster fatalities, were analysed and taken as indicative of flood disaster deaths. Approximately two-thirds of the deaths occurred through drowning. Thus, a substantial number of flood disaster fatalities are not related to drowning. Furthermore, males are highly vulnerable to dying in floods and unnecessary risk-taking behaviour contributes significantly to flood disaster deaths. Based on these results, recommendations are made to prevent loss of life in floods. To provide a more solid basis for the formulation of prevention strategies, better systematic recording of flood fatalities is suggested, especially those caused by different types of floods in all countries.

show abstract

“…Some have however focused on specific impacts such as flood disaster deaths (Duclos and Isaacson 1987;Legome et al 1995;Jonkman and Kelman 2005). In developing countries where many of recorded flood disasters are consequences of natural hazards aggravated by development flaws in affected communities, the vulnerability of population living in areas susceptible to floods presents a challenge for flood risk management.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Vulnerability assessment of an urban flood in Nigeria: Abeokuta flood 2007

Adelekan

2010

Nat Hazards

101

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The paper presents the result of a vulnerability assessment of urban dwellers to a major flood hazard in Abeokuta, southwestern Nigeria in July 2007. This was achieved by means of questionnaire survey administered to 248 flood area residents. Flood vulnerability was assessed by examining exposure, susceptibility, and coping indicators in the study area. Findings of the study show that although about 50% of respondents had experienced floods, in Abeokuta or elsewhere in the past, majority (66%) did not anticipate a flood event of such magnitude to occur despite its location on a flood plain and, therefore, were unprepared for such hazard. Pre-warning of the flood event was generally lacking among flood area residents as only 8% of respondents indicated pre-warning, which was based on personal observations. Response to the flood hazard was mainly reactive for both private and public agents as flood risk reduction measures were not in place.

show abstract

Preventable deaths related to floods.

Cited by 7 publications

References 1 publication

Factors Increasing Vulnerability to Health Effects before, during and after Floods

Factors Increasing Vulnerability to Health Effects before, during and after Floods

An Analysis of the Causes and Circumstances of Flood Disaster Deaths

Vulnerability assessment of an urban flood in Nigeria: Abeokuta flood 2007

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About