Causes of death and demographic characteristics of victims of meteorological disasters in Korea from 1990 to 2008

Table 5 Death rates* of regions according to meteorological disaster types, 1990-2008

Region Classification		Total population	Flood	Typhoon	Storm	Cold	Lightning	Sum
Metropolitan city	inland	15,593,082	0.29	0.26	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.55
	coastal	7,382,500	0.35	0.39	0.20	0.00	0.00	0.94
Province	inland	16,374,713	2.47	0.73	0.01	0.00	0.02	3.23
	coastal	7,314,474	0.84	3.11	2.17	0.06	0.01	6.19

* Annual mean deaths per 1 million people calculated using the 2000 resident registration data of the Korean Statistical Information Service.

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