Tracking Hurricane-Related Deaths in the Contiguous United States Using Media Reports From 2012 to 2020

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• Alternative Title:
  Disaster Med Public Health Prep
• Personal Author:
  Williams, Shanice ; Jiva, Sumera ; Hanchey, Arianna ; Suárez-Soto, René J. ; Bayleyegn, Tesfaye ; Schnall, Amy Helene
• Description:
  Heavy rainfall, storm surges, and tornadoes are hazards associated with hurricanes that can cause property damages and loss of life. Disaster-related mortality surveillance encounters challenges, such as timely reporting of mortality data. This review demonstrates how tracking hurricane-related deaths using online media reports (eg, news media articles, press releases, social media posts) can enhance mortality surveillance during a response. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention used online media reports from 2012 to 2020 to characterize hurricane-related deaths from 10 hurricanes that were declared major disasters and the flooding related to Hurricane Joaquin in the contiguous United States. Media reports showed that drowning (| = 139), blunt force trauma (| = 89), and carbon monoxide poisoning (| = 58) were the primary causes of death. Online media and social media reports are not official records. However, media mortality surveillance is useful for hurricane responses to target messaging and current incident decision-making.
• Subjects:
  Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Cyclonic Storms Disasters Floods Humans Tornadoes
• Source:
  Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 17:e234
• Pubmed ID:
  35899741
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9883588
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  17
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0c3acfa2946ebac0c5609bc1ee80c0577a7fa67cdf9aa1952c1d556c12dddb46
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/124072/cdc_124072_DS1.pdf
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