Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
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Types of injury*** | Matched group in injury deaths (n = 1072) | Deaths from meteorological events (n = 482) |
---|---|---|
Drowning | 123 (113) | 283 (58.6) |
Asphyxia | 178 (16.4) | 70 (14.5) |
Electric shock | - | 24 (5.0) |
Amputation, crushing | 24 (2.2) | 13 (2.7) |
Fracture | 164 (15.1) | 19 (3.9) |
Ruptured internal organ | 26 (2.4) | 4 (0.8) |
Thermal effect | 4 (0.4) | 1 (0.2) |
Intoxication | 210 (19.3) | - |
Others | 359 (33.0) | 69 (14.3) |
Type of location of death*** | Matched group in general deaths | Deaths from meteorological disasters |
---|---|---|
At home | 2102 (30.8) | 144 (22.4) |
Medical facility | 3686 (54.1) | 49 (7.6) |
Workplace | 9 (0.1) | 7 (1.1) |
During transfer | 181 (2.7) | 34 (5.3) |
Streets and roads | 55 (0.8) | 15 (2.3) |
Other | 76 (1.1) | 88 (13.7) |
Unspecified | 706 (10.4) | 305 (47.5) |
Types of injury*** | Matched group of general deaths | Deaths from meteorological disasters |
---|---|---|
Non-injury | 5209 (76.4) | - |
Drowning | 232 (3.4) | 369 (57.5) |
Asphyxia | 298 (4.4) | 100 (15.6) |
Electric shock | 13 (0.2) | 34 (5.3) |
Amputation, crushing | 48 (0.7) | 18 (2.8) |
Fracture | 256 (3.8) | 26 (4.1) |
Ruptured internal organ | 143 (2.1) | 11 (1.7) |
Thermal effect | 4 (0.1) | 2 (0.3) |
Intoxication | 256 (3.8) | - |
Others | 356 (5.2) | 82 (12.8) |