Violent deaths following disasters: A retrospective analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Negative mental health outcomes associated with disaster exposure can increase risks of interpersonal and self-directed violence. However, the link between disaster exposure and increased incidence in violent deaths is not clearly established.

Study objective

The objective of this work is to assess the incidence of violent deaths in non-disaster and disaster periods across five distinct disaster events.

Methods

This study uses an ecological, quasi-experimental design to assess violent deaths in pre-disaster and disaster periods across five U.S. states (e.g., North Carolina, Oregon, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Colorado) with federally declared disasters resulting from natural hazards (e.g., flood, wildfire, tropical cyclone, storms). Deaths recorded in the Na

SUBMITTER: Scales SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12677568 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature