ABSTRACT

While there is increasing evidence on the trends and impacts of climate change, both globally and in Bangladesh, there is a limited quantitative analysis on the impacts of natural disasters on population health and the association with socio-economic characteristics. Using data from the ‘Bangladesh Disaster-Related Statistics-2015’, we assessed disaster-related health outcomes namely, injury, disability, and death. We applied three logistic regression models to examine the relationships between individual socio-economic characteristics, reported disaster-related injury, disability, and death. Our study found that 145.9 disaster-related injuries, 14.4 disabilities, and 21.0 deaths per 100,000 population were reported in Bangladesh over 2009–2014. Floods were responsible for the highest percentage of injury, disability, and death followed by thunderstorms. The elderly and children were more likely to suffer from disaster-related injuries compared to adults. Disaster preparedness was a protective factor for both disasters related injury and disability. We observed geographic variation in the number of injuries, disability, and death across the districts in Bangladesh. Policy-makers can use the study findings to strengthen risk-monitoring, assessment, and preparedness strategies and actions for extreme weather events related to the rapidly changing climate.

摘要

在全球和孟加拉国，虽然有越来越多的证据表明气候变化的趋势和影响，但对自然灾害对人口健康的影响以及与社会经济特征的关系的定量分析有限。我们使用“ 2015年孟加拉国与灾害相关的统计数据”中的数据，评估了与灾害相关的健康后果，即伤害，残疾和死亡。我们应用了三种逻辑回归模型来检验个体社会经济特征，报告的与灾害相关的伤害，残疾和死亡之间的关系。我们的研究发现，2009年至2014年期间，孟加拉国报告了每10万人口中有145.9人因灾害遭受伤害，14.4人残疾和21.0人死亡。洪水是造成伤害，伤残，和死亡，接着是雷暴。与成年人相比，老年人和儿童更容易遭受与灾害有关的伤害。备灾是与灾害相关的伤害和残疾的保护因素。我们观察到孟加拉国各地区受伤，残疾和死亡人数的地理差异。政策制定者可以利用研究结果来加强风险监控，评估和防范策略，以及针对与快速变化的气候相关的极端天气事件采取的行动。和孟加拉国各个地区的死亡。政策制定者可以利用研究结果来加强针对与快速变化的气候相关的极端天气事件的风险监控，评估和防范策略和行动。和孟加拉国各个地区的死亡。政策制定者可以利用研究结果来加强风险监控，评估和防范策略，以及针对与快速变化的气候相关的极端天气事件采取的行动。