Risk factors for death in the 1 March 1997 Arkansas tornadoes.
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TextSeries: Quick response report ; #98Publication details: [Boulder, Colo.] : University of Colorado, 1997Description: 6 pSubject: Field surveys were made two weeks after tornadoes killed 26 persons in Arkansas, USA, on 1 March 1997. Surveys were completed for samples of persons killed (n=25) and persons in the paths of the tornadoes but survived (n=73) to determine whether there were differences in personal characteristics, behavior, or location between the two groups. Fourteen of the 25 deaths were in mobile homes, four in frame homes, two each in commercial buildings, vehicles, and outdoors, and one in a garage. Risk factors for death included being in an above-ground room with windows, being in a room where the roof, wall, or floor was blown away, and being hit by debris. Divorced persons formed a larger portion of deaths (22%) than those who survived (1%). There was no significant difference between deaths and survivors in age, gender, race, education, disability, or time between first becoming aware of the tornado and the tornado striking
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Field surveys were made two weeks after tornadoes killed 26 persons in Arkansas, USA, on 1 March 1997. Surveys were completed for samples of persons killed (n=25) and persons in the paths of the tornadoes but survived (n=73) to determine whether there were differences in personal characteristics, behavior, or location between the two groups. Fourteen of the 25 deaths were in mobile homes, four in frame homes, two each in commercial buildings, vehicles, and outdoors, and one in a garage. Risk factors for death included being in an above-ground room with windows, being in a room where the roof, wall, or floor was blown away, and being hit by debris. Divorced persons formed a larger portion of deaths (22%) than those who survived (1%). There was no significant difference between deaths and survivors in age, gender, race, education, disability, or time between first becoming aware of the tornado and the tornado striking
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