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Composition of Disasters get it as Excel
| Event | DataCards | Deaths | Injured | Missing | Houses Destroyed |
Houses Damaged | Victims | Affected | Relocated | Evacuated |
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| DROUGHT | 22 | 46 | 12 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 99 | 200 | 550 |
| EARTHQUAKE | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1132 | 0 | 0 |
| ELECTRIC STORM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EPIDEMIC | 174 | 20 | 1330 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 189 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EXPLOSION | 3 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIRE | 130 | 223 | 40 | 0 | 132 | 17 | 230 | 1071 | 0 | 70 |
| FLASH FLOODING | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FLOOD | 238 | 99 | 8 | 16 | 65 | 120 | 40192 | 24676 | 0 | 1623 |
| FOREST FIRE | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HAIL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HEAVY RAINS | 66 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 400 | 1138 | 512 |
| HIGH TIDE | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HURRICANE | 25 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60000 | 0 | 0 |
| LANDSLIDE | 66 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LEAK | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LIGHTNING | 36 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| OTHER | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PANIC | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PLAGUE | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| POLLUTION | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| STORM | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| STRONG WINDS | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 66 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| STRUCT.COLLAPSE | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Spatial Distribution get it as Excel
| Geography | Code | DataCards | Deaths | Injured | Missing | Houses Destroyed |
Houses Damaged | Victims | Affected | Relocated | Evacuated |
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| Clarendon | 32 | 80 | 40 | 28 | 0 | 15 | 52 | 297 | 60064 | 1138 | 10 |
| Hanover | 4 | 45 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 90 | 800 | 0 | 145 |
| Kingston | 41 | 92 | 19 | 407 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 87 | 656 | 0 | 533 |
| Manchester | 54 | 39 | 11 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Portland | 28 | 75 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 1426 | 0 | 0 | 199 |
| St. Ann | 3 | 68 | 27 | 75 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 1623 | 403 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Catherine | 30 | 68 | 6 | 268 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 588 | 0 | 672 |
| St. Elizabeth | 55 | 62 | 20 | 86 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1521 | 3000 | 0 | 0 |
| St. James | 1 | 67 | 55 | 189 | 2 | 41 | 3 | 5041 | 20150 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Mary | 6 | 55 | 54 | 112 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 606 | 114 | 200 | 996 |
| St. Thomas | 38 | 61 | 7 | 102 | 0 | 8 | 119 | 404 | 400 | 0 | 40 |
| ST.Andrew | 34 | 86 | 216 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 18 | 2074 | 1188 | 0 | 170 |
| Trelawny | 2 | 33 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Westmoreland | 15 | 58 | 41 | 73 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 29438 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Temporal Behaviour get it as Excel
| Year | DataCards | Deaths | Injured | Missing | Houses Destroyed |
Houses Damaged | Victims | Affected | Relocated | Evacuated |
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| 1973 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 533 |
| 1974 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | 17 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 122 | 23 | 233 | 0 | 40 | 8 | 647 | 421 | 0 | 18 |
| 1979 | 106 | 62 | 157 | 17 | 74 | 59 | 33721 | 24202 | 0 | 1007 |
| 1980 | 37 | 190 | 168 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 31 | 372 | 0 | 52 |
| 1981 | 19 | 0 | 112 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 39 | 5 | 73 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 44 | 29 | 52 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 14 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 20 | 5 | 65 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 60000 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 40 | 0 | 159 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 17 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 5 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1138 | 10 |
| 1988 | 29 | 43 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 189 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 26 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 12 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 61 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1180 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 38 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 612 | 0 | 200 |
| 1995 | 58 | 4 | 127 | 0 | 9 | 70 | 21 | 488 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 64 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 5840 | 0 | 0 | 335 |
| 2002 | 1 | 46 | 12 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 99 | 200 | 550 |
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Summary: DataCards: 859 Period: 1973-2002 Highest Mortality: FIRE: 223 Deaths; 130 DataCards FLOOD: 99 Deaths; 238 DataCards HURRICANE: 47 Deaths; 25 DataCards Highest Housing Damages: FLOOD: 185 Houses; 238 DataCards FIRE: 149 Houses; 130 DataCards STRONG WINDS: 77 Houses; 24 DataCards |
