Community-wide Mortality Rates in Beijing, China, During the July 2012 Flood Compared with Unexposed Periods.

ABSTRACT:

Background

On 21-22 July 2012, Beijing, China, suffered its heaviest rainfall in 60 years. Two studies have estimated the fatality toll of this disaster using a traditional surveillance approach. However, traditional surveillance can miss disaster-related deaths, including a substantial number of deaths from natural causes triggered by disaster exposure. Here, we investigated community-wide mortality risk during this flood compared with rates in unexposed reference periods.

Methods

We compared community-wide mortality rates on the peak flood day and the four following days to seasonally matched nonflood days in previous years (2008-2011), controlling for potential confounders, to estimate the relative risks (RRs) of daily mortality among Beijing residents associated with thi

SUBMITTER: Yan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7138731 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature