TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Tracking hurricane-related deaths in the contiguous United States using media reports from 2012 to 2020
JO  - Disaster medicine and public health preparedness
A1  - Williams, Shanice
A1  - Jiva, Sumera
A1  - Hanchey, Arianna
A1  - Suárez-Soto, René J.
A1  - Bayleyegn, Tesfaye
A1  - Schnall, Amy Helene
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Heavy rainfall, storm surges, and tornadoes are hazards associated with hurricanes that can cause property damages and loss of life. Disaster-related mortality surveillance encounters challenges, such as timely reporting of mortality data. This review demonstrates how tracking hurricane-related deaths using online media reports (eg, news media articles, press releases, social media posts) can enhance mortality surveillance during a response. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention used online media reports from 2012 to 2020 to characterize hurricane-related deaths from 10 hurricanes that were declared major disasters and the flooding related to Hurricane Joaquin in the contiguous United States. Media reports showed that drowning (n = 139), blunt force trauma (n = 89), and carbon monoxide poisoning (n = 58) were the primary causes of death. Online media and social media reports are not official records. However, media mortality surveillance is useful for hurricane responses to target messaging and current incident decision-making.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1935-7893
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2022.163
ID  - ref1
ER  -