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. 2023 Aug 28;131(8):086001. doi: 10.1289/EHP12158

Figure 2.

Figure 2 is a forest plot, plotting study, including cyclones (top to bottom), ranging as All-cause mortality: Quast and others (2019), including Hurricane Katrina and Rita; Kutner and others (2009), including Hurricane Katrina; Dosa and others (2020), including Hurricane Irma; Kim and others (2017), including Hurricane Sandy; Cruz-Cano and Mead (2019), including Hurricane Maria; Kim and others (2013), including Three T Cs; Overall: Heterogeneity: uppercase italic i squared equals 78 percent, lowercase italic p less than 0.01; Heart disease mortality: Cruz-Cano and Mead (2019), including Hurricane Maria; Quast and others (2019), including Hurricane Katrina and Rita; Hendrickson and Vogt (1996), including Hurricane Iniki; Overall: Heterogeneity: uppercase italic i squared equals 63 percent, lowercase italic p equals 0.07; Diabetes mortality: Cruz-Cano and Mead (2019), including Hurricane Maria; Quast and others (2019), including Hurricane Katrina and Rita; Hendrickson and Vogt (1996), including Hurricane Iniki; Overall: Heterogeneity: uppercase italic i squared equals 91 percent, lowercase italic p less than 0.01 (y-axis) across Estimate, ranging from 0.75 to 1 in increments of 0.25, 1 to 1.5 in increments of 0.5, and 1.5 to 2.5 in increments of 1 (x-axis) for relative risks [95 percent confidence intervals] and Weight (percentage).

Random-effect meta-analysis of risk of mortality from all causes, heart diseases, and diabetes associated with cyclone exposures (study details, including n, can be found in Table S3). Weights represent the percentages of contribution of each study effect estimate to the overall meta-estimate. Note: CI, confidence interval; RR, relative risk; TC, tropical cyclone.