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    The unprecedented tragedy of Hurricane Katrina produced unprecedented data for studying the impacts of natural disasters. The current paper looks at one public health outcome of this event: direct flood deaths in Orleans and St. Bernard parishes of Louisiana. In particular, the risk of death for the flood-exposed population is estimated, mapped, and discussed. Of the nearly 1,500 deaths that Louisiana officially counts as Katrina deaths, approximately 600 are determined to be associated with exposure to floodwaters.

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    The unprecedented tragedy of Hurricane Katrina produced unprecedented data for studying the impacts of natural disasters. The current paper looks at one public health outcome of this event: direct flood deaths in Orleans and St. Bernard parishes of Louisiana. In particular, the risk of death for the flood-exposed population is estimated, mapped, and discussed. Of the nearly 1,500 deaths that Louisiana officially counts as Katrina deaths, approximately 600 are determined to be associated with exposure to floodwaters.

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    Estimating and Mapping The Direct Flood Fatality Rate For Flooding in Greater New Orleans Due To Hurricane Katrina

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    M. Darryl Woods
    The unprecedented tragedy of Hurricane Katrina produced unprecedented data for studying the impacts of natural disasters. The current paper looks at one public health outcome of this event: direct flood deaths in Orleans and St. Bernard parishes of Louisiana. In particular, the risk of death for the flood-exposed population is estimated, mapped, and discussed. Of the nearly 1,500 deaths that Louisiana officially counts as Katrina deaths, approximately 600 are determined to be associated with exposure to floodwaters.

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    10/13/2010 Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy

    Policy Studies Commons

    Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy

    Manuscript Title

    Estimating and Mapping the Direct Flood Fatality Rate for Flooding in Greater New
    Orleans Due To Hurricane Katrina

    Authors

    Ezra C. Boyd, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College 1

    Abstract

    The unprecedented tragedy of Hurricane Katrina produced unprecedented data for studying the
    impacts of natural disasters. The current paper looks at one public health outcome of this event: direct
    flood deaths in Orleans and St. Bernard parishes of Louisiana. In particular, the risk of death for the
    flood-exposed population is estimated, mapped, and discussed. Of the nearly 1,500 deaths that
    Louisiana officially counts as Katrina deaths, approximately 600 are determined to be associated with
    exposure to floodwaters. Additionally, it is estimated that approximately 63,000 persons were exposed to
    floodwaters. The ratio of flood deaths to flood-exposed population, termed the flood fatality rate,
    provides an empirical measure of flood risk. Georeferenced datasets on both the flood deaths and the
    flood-exposed population are developed, and then used to estimate and map the flood fatality rate. For
    the overall event, the flood fatality rate is estimated to be 7 11 deaths per 1,000 persons exposed,
    which is consistent with other coastal flood disasters. At the blockgroup level, the highest values of the
    flood fatality rate are observed in the Lower Ninth Ward, while comparatively lower values are observed
    in New Orleans East. A preliminary univariate regression model with water depth as the independent
    variable is presented, and applied to Hurricane Gustav, which impacted the region in August 2008.

    Recommended Citation

    Boyd, Ezra C. (2010) "Estimating and Mapping the Direct Flood Fatality Rate for Flooding in Greater
    New Orleans Due To Hurricane Katrina," Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy: Vol. 1: Iss. 3, Article 6.
    DOI: 10.2202/1944-4079.1017
    Available at: http://www.psocommons.org/rhcpp/vol1/iss3/art6

    Links
    1. http://www.psocommons.org/cgi/query.cgi?
    field_1=lname&value_1=Boyd&field_2=fname&value_2=Ezra&advanced=1
    2. http://www.psocommons.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=rhcpp
    3. http://www.psocommons.org/cgi/submit.cgi?
    context=rhcpp&response_to_url=http://www.psocommons.org/rhcpp/vol1/iss3/art6

    psocommons.org/rhcpp/vol1/iss3/art6/ 1/1

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