Details on the Katrina death records

Hurricane Katrina victims. Source: Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Multiple Cause of Death data, 2005.

Cause of death of all 825 victims (Multiple causes of death were recorded for some victims.):

-- 423..... Drowning

-- 260 .... Physical injuries (such as head wounds, fractures)

-- 259..... Preexisting health problems (heart disease, heart attack)

-- 23 ...... Reaction to the elements (heatstroke, exhaustion)

-- 10 ...... Pneumonia

-- 9 ........ Fractures

-- 4 ........ Heat

-- 4 ........ Stress

-- 3 ........ Crushed

Education level of victims:

-- 146 ..... No high school

-- 117 ..... Some high school

-- 336 .... High school graduate

-- 100 .... Some college

-- 66 ...... College graduate

-- 37 ...... Postgraduate study

-- 23 ...... Not determined

Place of death:

-- 70 ....... Hospital, inpatient

-- 15 ....... Emergency room

-- 2 ......... Hospital, dead on arrival

-- 383 ...... Home

-- 65 ........ Nursing home

-- 236 ...... Other

-- 54 ........ Unknown

Deaths by race:

-- 416 ...... White

-- 384 ....... Black

-- 20 ......... Hispanic

-- 4 ........... Asian

-- 1 ........... American Indian

Cause of death of 493 people older than 65 years attributed directly to Hurricane Katrina (Multiple causes of death were recorded for some victims):

- 18 ............ Reaction to the elements (heatstroke, exhaustion)

- 120 ........... Preexisting health problems (heart disease, heart attack)

- 185 ........... Physical injuries (head wounds, fractures))

- 239 ........... Drowning

Education level of senior citizen victims:

-- 108 ............. No high school

-- 61 ............... Some high school

-- 207 ............. High school graduate

-- 48 ............... Some college

-- 40 ............... College graduate

-- 19 ............... Postgraduate study

-- 10 ................ Not determined

Place of death of senior citizens:

-- 54 .......... Hospital, inpatient

-- 11 .......... Emergency room

-- 1 ............ Hospital DOA

-- 235 .......... Home

-- 59 ............Nursing home

-- 104 .......... Other

-- 29 ............ Place unknown

Senior citizen deaths by race:

- 272 ......... White

- 201 .......... Black

- 15 ............ Hispanic

- 4 .............. Asian

- 1 .............. Unknown

(Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, http://www.scrippsnews.com)