Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria

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Authors

Nishant Kishore · Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy

Domingo Marqués · Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy

Ayesha S. Mahmud · Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy

Mathew V. Kiang · Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy

Irmary Rodriguez · Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy

Arlan Fuller · Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy

Abstract

This household-based survey suggests that the number of excess deaths related to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico is more than 70 times the official estimate. (Funded by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and others.).

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Disaster Response and Management Climate Change and Health Impacts Agricultural risk and resilience

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Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 379, Issue 2, pp. 162-170

DOI: 10.1056/nejmsa1803972

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Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria

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