I searched for this, but I didn't find anything. If there is I apologize in advance.
I'd like to hear some explanations for the statistics that the LDHH released concerning the mortality % of Katrina victims. It seems the results are quite different so far than what most people are probably expecting.
Here is a direct link to the victim's information:
http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/pu...eceased%20Victims_1213_information.pdf
(Update) Here is the 2004 Census information concerning New Orleans demographics:
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/AD...4_EST_G00_DP1&-ds_name=&-redoLog=false
Here is an article concerning the statistics:
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=\Nation\archive\200512\NAT20051214b.html
"Statistics released by the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals suggest that fewer than half of the victims of Hurricane Katrina were black, and that whites died at the highest rate of all races in New Orleans.
...The state's demographic information suggests that whites in New Orleans died at a higher rate than minorities. According to the 2000 census, whites make up 28 percent of the city's population, but the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals indicates that whites constitute 36.6 percent of the storm's fatalities in the city.
African-Americans make up 67.25 percent of the population and 59.1 percent of the deceased. Other minorities constitute approximately 5 percent of the population and represented 4.3 percent of the storm's fatalities.
Overall for the state, 658 bodies have been identified. Forty-seven percent were African-American and 42 percent were Caucasian. The remaining bodies were either non-black minorities or undetermined.
An additional 247 victims have not been identified, so their demographic information has not been released.
The data showed that the majority of Katrina's victims lived in the Orleans parish. The nearby St. Bernard and Jefferson parishes had 91 and 25 victims, respectively.
The storm also did not discriminate based on gender. Fifty percent of the victims were male and 49 percent were female, with 1 percent being undetermined.
I'd like to hear some explanations for the statistics that the LDHH released concerning the mortality % of Katrina victims. It seems the results are quite different so far than what most people are probably expecting.
Here is a direct link to the victim's information:
http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/pu...eceased%20Victims_1213_information.pdf
(Update) Here is the 2004 Census information concerning New Orleans demographics:
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/AD...4_EST_G00_DP1&-ds_name=&-redoLog=false
Here is an article concerning the statistics:
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=\Nation\archive\200512\NAT20051214b.html
"Statistics released by the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals suggest that fewer than half of the victims of Hurricane Katrina were black, and that whites died at the highest rate of all races in New Orleans.
...The state's demographic information suggests that whites in New Orleans died at a higher rate than minorities. According to the 2000 census, whites make up 28 percent of the city's population, but the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals indicates that whites constitute 36.6 percent of the storm's fatalities in the city.
African-Americans make up 67.25 percent of the population and 59.1 percent of the deceased. Other minorities constitute approximately 5 percent of the population and represented 4.3 percent of the storm's fatalities.
Overall for the state, 658 bodies have been identified. Forty-seven percent were African-American and 42 percent were Caucasian. The remaining bodies were either non-black minorities or undetermined.
An additional 247 victims have not been identified, so their demographic information has not been released.
The data showed that the majority of Katrina's victims lived in the Orleans parish. The nearby St. Bernard and Jefferson parishes had 91 and 25 victims, respectively.
The storm also did not discriminate based on gender. Fifty percent of the victims were male and 49 percent were female, with 1 percent being undetermined.