Relationship between the Tsunami Disasters caused by the great east Japan Earthquake and cause-specific mortality in redidents of the coast of Iwate

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24590811
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Public health/Health science
• Research Institution: Iwate Medical University
• Principal Investigator: ONODA Toshiyuki 岩手医科大学, 医学部, 客員教授 (00254748)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): SAKATA Kiyomi 岩手医科大学, 医学部, 教授 (50225794) ; OHSAWA Masaki 岩手医科大学, 医学部, 講師 (60295970) ; TANNO Kozo 岩手医科大学, 医学部, 准教授 (20327026)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 疫学 / 東日本大震災 / 死因別死亡率 / 脳卒中罹患率 / 津波被害

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami struckoff the east coast of Iwate prefecture. We assessment the situation in tsunami inundated areas, and analyzed an association between the ratio of inundation area and cause specific mortality or stroke morbidity. There was no association between ratio of inundation area and mortality or morbidity.

Free Research Field

医歯薬学