Titre du document / Document title

Factors associated with earthquake deaths in the Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake, 1995

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

OSAKI Yoneatsu ⁽¹⁾ ; MINOWA Masumi ⁽¹⁾ ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

⁽¹⁾ Department of Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8638, JAPON

Résumé / Abstract

The authors conducted descriptive and case-control studies to find factors associated with earthquake deaths due to the Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake on January 17, 1995, in Nishinomiya, Japan. In the case-control study, cases included all 1,104 deaths. Controls were randomly selected from survivors. Earthquake mortality increased for people over age 50 years. Mortality among people who had lived in dwellings that were completely destroyed was much higher. One risk factor was physical disabilities (odds ratio = 1.9, 95% confidence interval (Cl): 1.0, 3.4). When the analysis was limited to the people who had lived in intact or partially destroyed dwellings, the odds ratio rose to 5.6 (95% Cl: 1.6, 19.8).

Revue / Journal Title

American journal of epidemiology   ISSN 0002-9262   CODEN AJEPAS 

Source / Source

2001, vol. 153, n^o2, pp. 153-156 (15 ref.)

Langue / Language

Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

Oxford University Press, Cary, NC, ETATS-UNIS  (1965) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Mortality ; Case control study ; Risk factor ; Earthquakes ; Multivariate analysis ; Randomization ; Disaster ; Natural ; Japan ; Human ; Asia ; Public health ;

Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Mortalité ; Etude cas témoin ; Facteur risque ; Séisme ; Analyse multivariable ; Randomisation ; Sinistre ; Naturel ; Japon ; Homme ; Asie ; Santé publique ;

Mots-clés espagnols / Spanish Keywords

Mortalidad ; Estudio caso control ; Factor riesgo ; Sismo ; Análisis multivariable ; Aleatorización ; Siniestro ; Natural ; Japón ; Hombre ; Asia ; Salud pública ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 663, 35400009385825.0080