TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Timing of mortality among internally displaced persons due to the tsunami in Sri Lanka: cross sectional household survey
JO  - British medical journal: BMJ
A1  - Moji, Kazuhiko
A1  - Kunii, Osamu
A1  - Dharmaratne, Samath D.
A1  - Costa, Dehiwala G. M.
A1  - Abe, Takeshi
A1  - Nishikiori, Nobuyuki
SP  - 334
EP  - 335
VL  - 332
IS  - 7537
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To describe the distribution of mortality among internally displaced persons during two and a half months after the Indian Ocean tsunami, 2004. DESIGN: Cross sectional household survey with retrospective cohort analysis of mortality. SETTING: Camps for internally displaced persons due to the tsunami in an eastern coastal district of Sri Lanka. PARTICIPANTS: 3533 people from 859 households accommodated in 13 camps. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: All cause death and number of missing people. RESULTS: 446 deaths and 11 missing people were reported after the 2004 tsunami, of which most (99%) occurred on the day of the tsunami or within three days thereafter. No deaths were reported for the two and a half month period starting one week after the tsunami. CONCLUSIONS: Most mortality after the 2004 tsunami occurred within the first few days of the disaster and was low in the study area.
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SN  - 0959-8138
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.38693.465023.7C
ID  - ref1
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