Deaths Related to Hurricane Irma — Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina, September 4–October 10, 2017

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Issa, Anindita ; Ramadugu, Kirtana ; Mulay, Prakash ; Hamilton, Janet ; Siegel, Vivi ; Harrison, Chris ; Campbell, Christine Mullarkey ; Blackmore, Carina ; Bayleyegn, Tesfaye ; Boehmer, Tegan
• Description:
  Three powerful and devastating hurricanes from the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season (Harvey August 17-September 1, Irma August 30-September 13, and Maria September 16-October 2) resulted in the deaths of hundreds of persons. Disaster-related Mortality Surveillance is critical to an emergency response because it provides government and public health officials with information about the scope of the disaster and topics for Prevention messaging. CDC's Emergency Operations Center collaborated with state health departments in Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina to collect and analyze Hurricane Irma-related Mortality data to understand the main circumstances of death. The most common circumstance-of-death categories were exacerbation of existing medical conditions and power outage. Further Analysis revealed two unique subcategories of heat-related and oxygen-dependent deaths in which power outage contributed to exacerbation of an existing medical condition. Understanding the need for subcategorization of disaster-related circumstances of death and the possibility of overlapping categories can help public health practitioners derive more effective public health interventions to prevent deaths in future disasters.
• Subjects:
  • Full Report
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cyclonic Storms
  • Natural Disasters
  • Humans
  More +
• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 67(30):829-832.
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6730a5
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  30070979
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6072056
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Corporate as Subject:
  Hurricane Irma, 2017
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; Georgia ; North Carolina
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• Volume:
  67
• Issue:
  30
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/58131/cdc_58131_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 113.25 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
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