Differential impact
- Reports of differential impact of disasters on PWDs and other at-risk groups
(Osaki and Minowa 2001; Chou et al 2004; IDRM 2005; Rooney and White 2007; Kett and Twigg 2007, Alexander 2011, Katsunori Fujii 2014)
- Asia-Pacific Tsunami of 2004: estimation of double mortality rate for PWDs (Chou et al 2004)
- Hurricane Katrina: older persons constituting 15% of the population and 74% of the victims (Weston and Tokesky 2006)
- Double to quadruple the mortality rate of general population for persons with disability (Fujii 2014)