Analysis of worldwide earthquake mortality using multivariate demographic and seismic data
| Autor: | D. H. A. Al-Khudhairy, T. De Groeve, F. Taucer, E. Gutiérrez, J. M. Zaldivar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
Rural Population
Multivariate statistics Geographic information system Multivariate analysis Urban Population Epidemiology business.industry Mortality rate Poison control Disaster Planning Global Health Disasters Statistics Multivariate Analysis Range (statistics) Medicine Humans Wounds and Injuries Natural disaster business Parametric statistics |
| Zdroj: | American journal of epidemiology. 161(12) |
| ISSN: | 0002-9262 |
| Popis: | In this paper, mortality in the immediate aftermath of an earthquake is studied on a worldwide scale using multivariate analysis. A statistical method is presented that analyzes reported earthquake fatalities as a function of a heterogeneous set of parameters selected on the basis of their presumed influence on earthquake mortality. The ensemble was compiled from demographic, seismic, and reported fatality data culled from available records of past earthquakes organized in a geographic information system. The authors consider the statistical relation between earthquake mortality and the available data ensemble, analyze the validity of the results in view of the parametric uncertainties, and propose a multivariate mortality analysis prediction method. The analysis reveals that, although the highest mortality rates are expected in poorly developed rural areas, high fatality counts can result from a wide range of mortality ratios that depend on the effective population size. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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