Table 2 Neighborhood and population exposures to flood events, by neighborhood education attainment and country in 44,698 neighborhoods in 276 cities in eight Latin American countries from 2000 to 2018
From: Social disparities in neighborhood flood exposure in 44,698 urban neighborhoods in Latin America
Total neighborhoods | Number of unique flood eventsb | City-specific percentage of neighborhoods with flooding: median (P10, P90)c | Total population (millions) | Population in flooded neighborhoods (millions) | Percentage of total population in flooded neighborhoods | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | 44,698 | 117 | 14% (1, 56) | 228.3 | 38.1 | 16.7% |
By country grouping | ||||||
Argentina | 2,002 | 43 | 31% (7, 66) | 23.2 | 2.8 | 12.1% |
Brazil | 3,660 | 62 | 23% (8, 75) | 101.0 | 24.4 | 24.0% |
Central Americana | 4,929 | 17 | 2% (1, 6) | 6.2 | 0.3 | 4.3% |
Chile | 1,824 | 12 | 5% (2, 26) | 5.1 | 0.4 | 8.2% |
Colombia | 2,907 | 23 | 17% (3, 37) | 22.4 | 4.4 | 19.5% |
Mexico | 29,376 | 31 | 2% (1, 11) | 70.0 | 5.9 | 8.4% |
By neighborhood educational attainment | ||||||
1st quintile (lowest) | 8,940 | – | – | 97.6 | 23.5 | 24.0% |
2nd | 8,940 | – | – | 42.1 | 7.6 | 18.2% |
3rd | 8,940 | – | – | 34.4 | 3.1 | 9.1% |
4th | 8,939 | – | – | 32.7 | 2.7 | 8.2% |
5th quintile (highest) | 8,939 | – | – | 21.5 | 1.2 | 5.6% |
