Surveillance for Illness and Injury After Hurricane Katrina—Three Counties, Mississippi, September 5–October 11, 2005

Surveillance for Illness and Injury After Hurricane Katrina—Three Counties, Mississippi, September 5–October 11, 2005

In Mississippi, the storm surge was an estimated 27 feet high at the Hancock County Emergency Operations Center and extended inland for 6-12 miles, causing extensive flooding in Biloxi and Gulfport and rendering approximately 80% of buildings in Waveland uninhabitable.1 The devastation was greatest...

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Published in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 295; no. 17; pp. 1994 - 1996
Main Authors: McNeill, K M, Byers, P, Kittle, T, Hand, S
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Chicago American Medical Association 03-05-2006
Subjects:
Data collection
Disasters
Health facilities
Hospitals
Hurricanes
Illnesses
Injuries
Patients
Public health
United States > US
Mississippi
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Summary:In Mississippi, the storm surge was an estimated 27 feet high at the Hancock County Emergency Operations Center and extended inland for 6-12 miles, causing extensive flooding in Biloxi and Gulfport and rendering approximately 80% of buildings in Waveland uninhabitable.1 The devastation was greatest in the coastal counties of Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson, where public infrastructure (e.g., electric power, communications networks, roads, sanitation systems, and water treatment plants) was severely disrupted. The Mississippi Department of Health (MDH) asked CDC to help conduct active surveillance at hospital emergency departments (EDs), federal Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT)* operation sites, and outpatient health-care facilities in Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson counties.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.295.17.1994