Table 2 Baseline characteristics of the victims of indirect disaster-related deaths in the Miyagi prefecture.
From: Medical perspective on the systemic challenges involving indirect disaster-related deaths in Japan
Overall, n (%) | 755 (100) |
|---|---|
Age–year, mean (SD) | 79.7 (± 13.2) |
Sex–Female, n (%) | 346 (46.7) |
Number of indirect disaster-related deaths certified by each municipality’s disaster-related deaths certification review committee—n (%) | |
Sendai | 265 (35.1) |
Ishinomaki | 263 (34.8) |
Kesennuma | 108 (14.3) |
Natori | 41 (5.4) |
Miyagi Joint Review Committeea | 37 (4.9) |
Tagajo | 26 (3.4) |
Watari | 9 (1.2) |
Iwanuma | 6 (0.8) |
Time period of the death from the disaster onset, n (%) | |
Short-term (≤ 30 days) | 461 (61.1%) |
Medium-term (31–180 days) | 256 (34.0%) |
Long-term (≥ 181 days) | 34 (4.5%) |
Unknown | 4 (0.5%) |
Median days [IQR] | 21 [7–52] |
Classification of Evidence–Medical Documentation usedb, n (%) | |
Group A | 74 (9.8) |
Group B | 145 (19.2) |
Group C | 536 (71.0) |
Direct etiology of death (ICD-10), n (%) | |
A00–B99 (Infectious and parasitic diseases) | 21 (2.8) |
C00–D48 (Neoplasms) | 66 (8.7) |
D50–D89 (diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and disorders of the immune system) | 4 (0.5) |
E00–E90 (Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic disorders) | 6 (0.8) |
F00–F99 (Mental and behavioral disorders) | 2 (0.3) |
G00–G99 (Diseases of the nervous system) | 5 (0.7) |
I00–I99 (Diseases of the circulatory system) | 247 (32.7) |
J00–J99 (Diseases of the respiratory system) | 209 (27.7) |
K00–K93 (Diseases of the digestive system) | 13 (1.7) |
L00–L99 (Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue) | 1 (0.1) |
M00–M99 (Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue) | 2 (0.3) |
N00–N99 (Diseases of the urogenital system) | 27 (3.6) |
R00–R99 (Symptoms, signs, and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings not elsewhere classified) | 71 (9.4) |
S00–T98 (Injury, poisoning, and other effects of external causes) | 39 (5.2) |
V01–Y98 (External causes of injury, illness, and death) | 11 (1.5) |
Unknown | 31 (4.1) |
