Categorization of Disaster-Related Deaths in Minamisoma City after the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Using Clustering Analysis

Author:

Yoshimura Hiroki1,Sawano Toyoaki2,Murakami Michio3,Uchi Yuna4,Kawashima Moe4,Kitazawa Kenmei4,Nonaka Saori4,Ito Naomi4,Saito Hiroaki4,Abe Toshiki4,Moriyama Nobuaki5,Sakakibara Mamoru6,Yagiuchi Kazuko7,Otsuki Mako8,Hori Arinobu9,Ozaki Akihiko2,Yamamoto Chika4,Zhao Tianchen4,Uchiyama Taiga4,Oikawa Tomoyoshi10,Niwa Shinichi4,Tsubokura Masaharu4

Affiliation:

1. Hiroshima University

2. Jyoban Hospital of Tokiwa Foundation

3. Osaka University

4. Fukushima Medical University

5. Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine

6. Incorporated Foundation of Tokiwa-kai

7. St. Olive Nursing Home

8. Fukushima Medical University Hospital

9. Hori Mental Clinic

10. Minamisoma Municipal General Hospital

Abstract

Abstract The medical situation during disasters often differs from that at usual times. Disasters can lead to significant mortality that can be difficult to monitor. The types of disaster-related deaths are largely unknown. In this study, we conducted a survey to categorize the disaster-related deaths caused by a radiation disaster. A total of 520 people living in Minamisoma City, Fukushima Prefecture, at the time of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, who were certified to have died due to disaster-related causes were surveyed. We divided the participants into those who were at home at the time of the earthquake and those who were in hospitals or facilities when the disaster struck and conducted a hierarchical cluster analysis of the two groups. Disaster-related deaths could be divided into seven groups for those who were at home at the time of the disaster and five groups for those who were in hospitals or facilities at the time of the disaster. Each group showed different characteristics, such as "the group with disabilities," "the group receiving care," and "the group with depression," and it became evident that not only uniform post-disaster support, but support tailored to the characteristics of each group is necessary.

Publisher

Research Square Platform LLC

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