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 annex.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 almost 89 per cent ofthe total number of people reported affected by disasters but for 97 per centof those affected by earthquakes / tsunamis, 95 per cent of people affected byfloods, 94 per cent of those affected by extreme temperature and 93 per centof those affected by windstorms.Low human development countries accounted for almost 8 per cent of thetotal number of people reported affected by disasters but for 54 per cent ofthose affected by transport accidents and 21 per cent of people affected bydroughts / food insecurities.High human development countries for 2 per cent of the total number of peoplereported affected by disasters but for 54 per cent of those affected by industrialaccidents, 47 per cent of those affected by wild fires and 44 per cent of peopleaffected by volcanic eruptions.Very high human development countries countries for 1 per cent of the totalnumber of people reported affected by disasters but for 46 per cent of thoseaffected by wild fires.ANNEX 1World Disasters Report 2010 – Disaster data179