您的当前位置:首页 >時尚 >【】The New England Journal of Medicine 正文
时间:2025-04-26 13:13:01 来源:网络整理编辑:時尚
The Puerto Rican government has a list of 64 dead from Hurricane Maria, the tropical cyclone that hi
The Puerto Rican government has a list of 64 dead from Hurricane Maria, the tropical cyclone that hit the island in September 2017. 。
This number, however, is "highly uncertain" notes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). A new study published Tuesday in。 The New England Journal of Medicine 。puts that number at an estimated 4,645 — 70 times higher than the official estimate.。
"Our results indicate that the official death count of 64 is a substantial underestimate of the true burden of mortality after Hurricane Maria," write the authors, led by researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.。
SEE ALSO:Puerto Ricans never know if they'll have power. This is how they're surviving.。NOAA says that the storm, which caused some $90 billion in damage, is the third costliest in U.S. history. But it's the deadliest in over a century, since a hurricane pummeled Galveston, Texas, in 1900, killing more than 6,000 people. Back then, both NOAA and the National Hurricane Center didn't exist, so people were largely unaware of the power brought by the coming cyclone. 。
Puerto Rico knew what was coming, but the hurricane's wind and downpours ravaged the island's water system and electrical grid. The storm blew down more than 80 percent of the island's utility poles and transmission lines. "Practically all cell phone service was lost and municipal water supplies were knocked out," said NOAA. 。
Thanks for signing up! 。
While some fatalities were caused by drownings and people being carried away in unprecedented floodwaters, the researchers show that thousands more succumbed during the period between September 20 through December 31, 2017. Around a third of those died due to "delayed or interrupted health care." 。
NOAA satellite GOES-16 captures an image of Hurricane Maria hitting Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017.Credit: cira/noaa。
For this reason, the researchers relied upon a survey of 3,299 randomly chosen homes all over Puerto Rico, asking residents about the causes of death and other factors, like whether or not they were forced to leave their houses. Only 7 percent of households involved did not complete the survey.。
Once the surveys were reviewed, the researchers compared the rate of deaths that occurred between September 20 and December 31 in 2016 and 2017, finding that there were more than 4,500 "excess deaths" in 2017 — i.e., deaths that would not have occurred without the devastating impacts of Hurricane Maria. 。
"These numbers will serve as an important independent comparison to official statistics from death-registry data, which are currently being reevaluated, and underscore the inattention of the U.S. government to the frail infrastructure of Puerto Rico," write the authors.。
If the official government report approximates this latest estimate by researchers outside the government, it may persuade current and future U.S. lawmakers to address the aftermath of a tropical cyclone more promptly, and with a heightened awareness of the necessary resources. 。
Chinese gymnastics team horrifies crowd with human jump rope2025-04-26 12:55
1日賠率:利物浦拿下默郡德比 米蘭雙雄皆取勝2025-04-26 12:48
想要波帥?巴黎向曼聯開條件:1700萬鎊 齊祖到位2025-04-26 12:44
實至名歸!梅西今年56場造62球 28次獲全場最佳2025-04-26 12:38
Give your kitchen sponge a rest on this adorable bed2025-04-26 12:37
米蘭前瞻 :兩連敗後亟需止頹 誓取三分咬住榜首2025-04-26 12:04
申花基本上將以3外援出戰第二階段聯賽 重點目標鍛煉年輕隊員2025-04-26 11:50
體育總局要求詳查中冠疑似假球 足協紀檢監察部已展開調查2025-04-26 11:37
Two astronauts just installed a new parking spot on the International Space Station2025-04-26 11:31
C羅僅第6 !近10屆首次無緣前三 是誰拖累了總裁?2025-04-26 10:46
Pokémon Go is so big that it has its own VR porn parody now2025-04-26 12:37
武磊全記錄:單刀捅射竟被積水拒絕 賽季首送助攻2025-04-26 12:36
媒體人:中國足球輿論環境史上最差 洋帥更適合目前的國家隊2025-04-26 12:25
1日賠率 :利物浦拿下默郡德比 米蘭雙雄皆取勝2025-04-26 11:23
U.S. pole vaulter skids to a halt for national anthem2025-04-26 11:11
深圳隊草坪管理人員進駐廣州賽區 負責訓練場地養護2025-04-26 11:04
ESPN年度十大中鋒:萊萬力壓哈蘭德 本澤馬第三2025-04-26 10:53
C羅僅第6 !近10屆首次無緣前三 是誰拖累了總裁 ?2025-04-26 10:47
Tesla's rumored P100D could make Ludicrous mode even more Ludicrous2025-04-26 10:45
多納魯馬 :路漫漫其修遠兮 我在巴黎過的倍兒開心2025-04-26 10:34