@article{ref1,
title="Hurricane Sandy (New Jersey): mortality rates in the following month and quarter",
journal="American journal of public health",
year="2017",
author="Kim, Soyeon and Kulkarni, Prathit A. and Rajan, Mangala and Thomas, Pauline and Tsai, Stella and Tan, Christina and Davidow, Amy L.",
volume="107",
number="8",
pages="1304-1307",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To describe changes in mortality after Hurricane Sandy made landfall in New Jersey on October 29, 2012. <br><br>METHODS: We used electronic death records to describe changes in all-cause and cause-specific mortality overall, in persons aged 76 years or older, and by 3 Sandy impact levels for the month and quarter following Hurricane Sandy compared with the same periods in earlier years adjusted for trends. <br><br>RESULTS: All-cause mortality increased 6% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 2%, 11%) for the month, 5%, 8%, and 12% by increasing Sandy impact level; and 7% (95% CI = 5%, 10%) for the quarter, 5%, 8%, and 15% by increasing Sandy impact level. In elderly persons, all-cause mortality rates increased 10% (95% CI = 5%, 15%) and 13% (95% CI = 10%, 16%) in the month and quarter, respectively. Deaths that were cardiovascular disease-related increased by 6% in both periods, noninfectious respiratory disease-related by 24% in the quarter, infection-related by 20% in the quarter, and unintentional injury-related by 23% in the month. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Mortality increased, heterogeneous by cause, for both periods after Hurricane Sandy, particularly in communities more severely affected and in the elderly, who may benefit from supportive services. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print June 22, 2017: e1-e4. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2017.303826).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0090-0036",
doi="10.2105/AJPH.2017.303826",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2017.303826"
}