Table 3 Causes of death according to the type of meteorological disaster, 1990-2008
Causes of death | Flood | Typhoon | Storm | Cold | Lightning | Sum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Drowning | 505 (52.2) | 424 (56.7) | 305 (96.6) | 0 | 0 | 1,234 (60.3) |
in a river | 478 (94.7) | 263 (62.0) | 2 (0.7) | 0 | 0 | 743 (60.1) |
in the sea | 2 (0.4) | 39 (9.2) | 19 (6.2) | 0 | 0 | 60 (4.9) |
in a sunken vessel | 15 (2.9) | 69 (16.3) | 284 (93.1) | 0 | 0 | 368 (29.8) |
in a submerged house | 5 (1.0) | 45 (10.6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 (4.1) |
in an urban facility | 5 (1.0) | 8 (1.9) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 (1.1) |
Sub total | 505 (100) | 424 (100) | 305 (100) | 0 | 0 | 1,234 (100) |
Structural collapse | 139 (14.4) | 64 (8.6) | 2 (0.6) | 1 (12.5) | 0 | 206 (10.1) |
Electrocution | 23 (2.4) | 18 (2.4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 (2.0) |
Lightning | 17 (1.8) | 4 (0.5) | 1 (0.3) | 0 | 7 (100) | 29 (1.4) |
Fall | 2 (0.2) | 2 (0.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (0.2) |
Collision | 1 (0.1) | 10 (1.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 (0.5) |
Landslide | 251 (26.0) | 149 (19.9) | 3 (0.9) | 0 | 0 | 403 (19.7) |
Avalanche | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (75.0) | 0 | 6 (0.3) |
Deterioration of disease by disaster | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.3) | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.1) |
Other | 28 (2.9) | 77 (10.3) | 4 (1.3) | 1 (12.5) | 0 | 110 (5.4) |
Sum | 966 (100) | 748 (100) | 316 (100) | 8 (100) | 7 (100) | 2,045 (100) |