Table 1 Deaths from major earthquakes, natural disasters and terror attacks from 1999 to 2010*
From: Teaching about disasters in medical education: the need for international collaboration
Year | Place | Deaths | Magnitude/others |
|---|---|---|---|
January 2010 | Haitian region | 222,570 | 7.0 |
September 2009 | Southern Sumatra, Indonesia | 1,117 | 7.5 |
March/April 2009 up to April 2010 | Mexico and then spread worldwide to over 206 countries | At least 17,700** | Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 flu pandemic |
May 2008 | Eastern Sichuan, China | 87,587 | 7.9 |
May 2008 | Myanmar (Burma) | 22,000 | Cyclone Nargis |
May 2006 | Indonesia | 5,749 | 6.3 |
October 2005 | Pakistan | 86,000 | 7.6 |
October 2005 | Mexico, Cuba, US state of Florida | 63 | Hurricane Wilma (Category 5) |
August 2005 | Bahamas, Cuba, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama | 1,836 | Hurricane Katrina (Category 5) |
March 2005 | Northern Sumatra, Indonesia | 1,313 | 8.6 |
December 2004 | Sumatra | 227,898 | 9.1 |
December 2003 | Southern Iran | 31,000 | 6.6 |
August 2003 | France | 11,000*** | Heat waves |
May 2003 | Northern Algeria | 2,266 | 6.8 |
March 2002 | Afghanistan | 1,000 | 6.1 |
January 2001 | Gujarat, India | 20,085 | 7.6 |
September 2001 | New York, USA | 2,976 | Terror attacks |
September 1999 | Taiwan | 2,400 | 7.6 |