Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
3421021 | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2007 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The potential life loss caused by floods has not been studied before. We carried out a retrospective cohort study in flood areas in Hunan, China in 1999. The standard mortality rate (SMR) and years of potential life lost (YPLL) were used to quantify the burden of flood on health. The SMRs of injury/poisoning and malignant neoplasm were higher in the river flood (151.36Â ÃÂ 10â5, 127.30Â ÃÂ 10â5) and drainage problems (143.74Â ÃÂ 10â5, 105.87Â ÃÂ 10â5) groups than those in the no-flood group (113.40Â ÃÂ 10â5, 74.81Â ÃÂ 10â5). The standard rates of YPLL (SYPLLâ°) in the river flood (89.56â°) and drainage problems (71.30â°) groups were significantly higher than those in the no-flood group (65.74â°, PÂ <Â 0.05). The SYPLL was significantly higher in males than in females. The percentages of attributable risk (PARs) of SMRs and PARs of SYPLLs resulting from flood were 12.26 and 26.60% in the river flood group and 10.56 and 7.80% in the drainage problems group. We conclude that floods increase the affected residents' SYPLL, and that the river flood had stronger effects than the drainage problems floods.
Related Topics
Life Sciences
Immunology and Microbiology
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Authors
Xingli Li, Hongzhuan Tan, Shuoqi Li, Jia Zhou, Aizhong Liu, Tubao Yang, Shi Wu Wen, Zhenqiu Sun,