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| Hazard | Health Impact and References | Vulnerable Subgroups |
|
| | Mortality/injury
CDC/ATSDR Public Health Vulnerability Mapping System; Jonkman et al. (2009) [9]; Brunkard et al. (2008) [6]; and Rygel et al. (2006) [11] | 65+ years old
Black/African-American
Non-English speakers
Poor housing quality |
| Exposure to storm | Acute myocardial infarction
Gautam et al. (2009) [21] | Unemployed
Substance abuse & smoking
Uninsured |
| | Mental health effects
Picou and Hudson (2010)
[78]; Kessler et al. (2008)
[70]; Kim et al. (2008) [77];
and Cherry et al. (2010) [71] | Women
Black/African-American
Low-income
Age 40–59 for PTSD
Self-report of poor physical health
Pre-storm depression
Age 45–90 for declines in working memory |
|
| | CO poisoning
Gulati et al. (2009) [31] | Non-English speakers |
| | Increase in EMS calls
Rand et al. (2005) [39]; Kile et al. (2005) [32] | Patients who rely on electrically powered medical equipment |
| Power outage | Diarrheal illness
Marx et al. (2006) [48] | Meat/seafood consumers |
| | Respiratory hospital admissions
Lin et al. (2011) [41] | Age 75+ |
| | Excess mortality
Anderson and Bell (2012) [35] | Age 65–74 |
|
| Ingestion (hand to mouth) of contaminated water | Diarrhea, non-diarrhea GI morbidity, waterborne diseases
Charron et al. (2004) [62]; Curriero et al. (2001) | Immunocompromised
Elderly, young children |
|
| Living in shelters | Acute stress disorder
Mills et al. (2007) [79]
Infectious disease | Prior psychiatric history |
| Murray et al. (2009) [61] | Infants |
|
| Displacement | Interruption of chronic disease management
Anderson et al. (2009) [65]; Arrieta et al. (2009) [63] | People with chronic illness such as cancer, hypertension, CV disease, respiratory illness, end stage renal disease, and AIDS
Medicaid users
People living alone |
|
| | Hip fracture (ages 65+)
Uscher-Pines et al. (2009) [69] | Co-morbid conditions
Older age
Females
Non-African-American race
Prior history of hip fracture |
| Long-term displacement/storm exposure | Increased substance use
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Cepeda et al. (2010) [80] | Women
High school level education and above |
| | Mental health effects
LaJoie et al. (2010) [81]; Abramson et al. (2008)[82] | Women
Greater storm exposure
Weak social network
Increased number of children in single household
Fatalistic sentiments and poor self-efficacy |
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