Characteristics of Technological Disasters.

IF 1.9 4区医学 Q3 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness Pub Date : 2024-10-24 DOI:10.1017/dmp.2024.167

Emel Altintas, Ali Kaan Ataman, Murat Ongar

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Abstract

Objective: Disasters are the consequences of natural or technological hazards that affect a vulnerable society.¹ Technological disasters are divided into three groups: industrial, transport, and miscellaneous.^2,3 It is possible to determine the risks of technological disasters, to determine priorities, and to plan services by knowing this epidemiology.⁴ In this study, we aimed to define the distribution and characteristics of the subtypes of technological disasters in the world according to regions and years.

Methods: Our study was conducted using the international dataset at www.emdat.be/. The technological disasters between 1970 and 2020, the years they occurred, their locations (region and continent), the types of disasters, and the numbers of dead and affected were recorded.

Results: We found that the greatest number of disasters occurred between 2001 and 2010. The most common type of disaster was transportation accidents. While the continent with the most frequent disasters was Asia (3 879 [45.6%]), it was followed by Africa (2 220 [26.1%]) and South and North America (1 359 [16%]).

Conclusions: Transport accidents are the most common cause of technological disasters, and road accidents are the most common type of transport accident.

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技术灾难的特点。

目的：1 技术灾害分为三类：工业灾害、交通灾害和其他灾害。2,3 通过了解这种流行病学，可以确定技术灾害的风险、确定优先事项并规划服务。4 在本研究中，我们旨在根据地区和年份确定世界技术灾害亚型的分布和特征：我们的研究是利用 www.emdat.be/ 的国际数据集进行的。研究记录了 1970 年至 2020 年间发生的技术灾害、发生年份、发生地点（地区和大洲）、灾害类型、死亡人数和受灾人数：结果：我们发现，2001 年至 2010 年间发生的灾害数量最多。最常见的灾害类型是交通事故。发生灾害最多的大洲是亚洲（3 879 [45.6%]），其次是非洲（2 220 [26.1%]）以及南美和北美（1 359 [16%]）：结论：运输事故是造成技术灾害的最常见原因，而道路事故则是最常见的运输事故类型。

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4.40

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7.40%

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258

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6-12 weeks

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