This is a totally unexpected finding and it appears counter intuiative. It is that the impact of a natural disaster is just not here and now ,but reaches out over at least a decade causing a real statistical shift in the death rate. This means that every event induces around 10,000 deaths over the succeeding decade.
Now there may be a better answer, but that appears unlikely so far. what it does mean is that we do need better policy. Rather obviously universal disaster relief putting the financial burden across the whole country and oh yes, universl healthcare as well. This should serve to lower the deathrate in the stats.
At least careful statistical investigation drove us back to understand the level of real damage. Shortterm losses actually masked the real impact. And when you think it through, it is of course this is true. A natural disaster knocks down thousands of homes and imposes serious life threatening expenses on thousands of families. No one recovers better than it had never happened and this lone cause death.
Did Scientists Just Figure Out Why People Die A DECADE Earlier in the Southeast US?
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People living in the Southeastern United States die about a decade earlier on average than other Americans. At first glance, natural disasters don’t seem to explain it. Data even suggests that global disaster deaths are going down. But new research reveals a hidden toll that’s been overlooked for decades. And it uncovers what exactly is causing millions of “invisible deaths” in the Southeast. Rachel Young and Solomon Hsiang Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s4158... Life Expectancy Map: https://americaninequality.substack.c... Images of 1931 Chinese Floods provided courtesy of the Missionary Society of St. Columban.
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