Special Statistical Summary - Deaths, Injuries, and Property Loss by Type of Disaster 1970-1980

Abstract

This report provides a summary of the best available statistics and estimates bearing on deaths, injuries, and property damage which have occurred over the past ten years as a result of a broad spectrum of disasters. Included in the summary are American National Red Cross statistics which bear on deaths, injuries and property loss. (Property losses are not computed in dollar terms, but in number of dwellings destroyed.) Also included is a compilation of FEMA outlays for a full range of Presidentially-declared major disasters and emergencies during the period 1970-1980.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA127645

Entities

People

  • Paula D. Gordon

Organizations

  • Federal Emergency Management Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Climate Change
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Disasters
  • Emergency Response
  • Fire Protection
  • Flood Control
  • Flood Hazards
  • Floods
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Information Processing
  • Law
  • Natural Disasters
  • Public Policy
  • United States
  • Urban Areas

Readers

  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense
  • Systems Analysis and Design