chapter 4 - DRK

Strictly under embargo until Wednesday 22 September at 00:01 GMT (02:01 Geneva time)1VHHD stands for very high human development, HHD stands for high humandevelopment, MHD for medium human development and LHD for low humandevelopment.See note on UNDP’s Human Development Index country status in the section ondisaster definitions in the introduction to this chapterannex.2Includes waves and surges.3Landslides, rockfalls, subsidence of geophysical origin.4Landslides, avalanches, subsidence of hydrological origin.Note: ’n.a.’ signifies ’no data available’; ’n.d.r.’ signifies ’no disaster reported’.For more information, see section on caveats in introductory text.During the decade:Medium human development countries accounted for 67 per cent of the totalnumber of reported deaths but for almost all deaths from earthquakes, 96 percent of deaths due to windstorms, 86 per cent of those caused by industrialaccidents and 79 per cent of deaths from floods.Low human development countries accounted for 23 per cent of the totalnumber of reported deaths but almost all deaths were caused by droughts / foodinsecurity and 89 per cent of deaths following a volcanic eruption.Very high human development countries accounted for 8 per cent of the totalnumber of reported deaths, but for 67 per cent of deaths from wild fires.High human development countries accounted for 2 per cent of the total numberof reported deaths but for 22 per cent of deaths from miscellaneous accidentsand for 14 per cent of those from transport accidents.ANNEX 1World Disasters Report 2010 – Disaster data177