Table 2.
Largest 30 events according to mortality for natural disasters, complex emergencies and epidemics during the last decade (1995–2004) with concurrent events
| Natural Disasters | Complex Emergencies | Epidemics | |
| [Date/Country/Type/Mortality] | [Date/Country/Mortality] | [Date/Country/Type/Mortality] | |
| [Linked CE/Epidemic] | [Linked Nat Dis/Epidemic] | [Linked Nat Dis/CE] | |
| 1 | 1995–2002; Korea Dem P Rep; Famine; 220,000 to 2,500,000 | 1965-Present; Colombia; >42,000 | 1995; Niger; Meningitis; 3,022 |
| Nat Dis (Earthquakes, Floods) | |||
| 2 | 1995; Japan; Earthquake; 5,297 | 1975–2002; Angola; 1,500,000 | 1996; Nigeria, Niger, Burkina Faso; Meningitis; 8,945 |
| Nat Dis (Drought, Floods, Landslides); Epidemic (Meningitis) | |||
| 3 | 1995; Russia; Earthquake; 1,989 | 1976-Present; Indonesia; >1,600 | 1996; Nigeria; Cholera; 1,193 |
| Nat Dis (Earthquakes, Floods, Tsunami); Epidemic (Arbovirus, Dengue) | |||
| 4 | 1995; India; Flood; 1,479 | 1980–1999; Peru; >28,000 | 1996; Zimbabwe; Malaria; 1,311 |
| Nat Dis (Floods, Landslides) | |||
| 5 | 1996; China P Rep; Flood; 2,775 | 1983–2002; Sri Lanka; >64,000 | 1996; Sudan; Cholera; 700 |
| Nat Dis (Floods, Tsunami) | CE | ||
| 6 | 1997; Iran Islam Rep; Earthquake; 1,728 | 1989–1998; Iraq; >6,000 | 1997; Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Gambia, Senegal, Togo, Benin, Rwanda; Meningitis; 4,498 |
| 7 | 1997; Somalia; Flood; 2,311 | 1989–2003; Liberia; >2,300 | 1997; Guinea Bissau; Cholera; 781 |
| CE; Epidemic (Cholera) | Nat Dis (Floods); Epidemic (Cholera, Shigellosis, Yellow Fever) | CE | |
| 8 | 1997; Viet Nam; Typhoon; 3,682 | 1983-Present; Sudan; >3,000,000 | 1997; Indonesia; Malaria; 550 |
| Nat Dis (Floods, Wildfires); Epidemic (Diarrhea, Meningitis) | Nat Dis (Drought) | ||
| 9 | 1998; Afghanistan; Earthquake; 2,323 | 1984-Present; Turkey; >30,000 | 1997; Mozambique; Cholera; 822 |
| CE; Epidemic (Arbovirus) | Nat Dis (Earthquakes, Floods) | ||
| 10 | 1998; Afghanistan; Earthquake; 4,700 | 1989-Present; Pakistan; 27,000 | 1998; Tanzania; Cholera; 2,025 |
| CE; Epidemic (Cholera) | Nat Dis (Floods) | CE | |
| 11 | 1998; India; Heat Wave; 2,541 | 1989-Present; India; 27,000 | 1998; Uganda; Cholera; 1,777 |
| Nat Dis (Cyclones, Floods) | Nat Dis (Floods); CE | ||
| 12 | 1998; Papua New Guinea; Tsunami; 2,182 | 1989-Present; Philippines**; 21,000–25,000 | 1998; Indonesia; Dengue; 1,449 |
| Nat Dis (Floods, Landslides); Epidemic (Cholera) | Nat Dis (Drought) | ||
| 13 | 1998; India; Cyclone; 2,871 | 1990–2004; Rwanda; >800,000 | 1998; Democratic Republic of Congo; Malaria/Cholera; 778 |
| Nat Dis (Floods); Epidemic (Cholera, Meningitis) | CE | ||
| 14 | 1998; China P Rep; Flood; 3,656 | 1990-Present; Algeria; 100,000–150,000 | 1998; Tanzania; Malaria; 590 |
| Epidemic (Cholera) | Nat Dis (Earthquakes, Floods) | CE | |
| 15 | 1998; Mali; Famine; 3,615 | 1991–2002; Sierra Leone; >10,000 | 1998; India; Cholera; 679 |
| Nat Dis (Flood, Windstorm); Epidemic (Arbovirus, Diarrhea, Meningitis) | Nat Dis (Cyclone, Heat Wave) | ||
| 16 | 1998; India; Flood; 1,811 | 1991–2003; Burundi; >6,800 | 1998; Sudan; Diarrheal; 1,373 |
| Nat Dis (Floods); Epidemic (Cholera, Malaria) | Nat Dis (Flood); CE | ||
| 17 | 1998; Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Belize; Hurricane; 18,799 | 1991-Present; Somalia; >60,000 | 1998; Mozambique; Cholera; 619 |
| Epidemic (Cholera, Leptospirosis, Malaria) | Nat Dis (Drought, Floods, Tsunami); Epidemic (Cholera, Measles, Meningitis) | ||
| 18 | 1999; Turkey; Earthquake; 17,127 | 1992–1997; Tajikistan; 21,000 | 1999; Sudan; Meningitis; 1,600 |
| CE | Epidemic (Typhoid) | Nat Dis (Floods); CE | |
| 19 | 1999; Taiwan (China); Earthquake; 2,264 | 1993–2003; Afghanistan; >30,000 | 1999; Kenya; Malaria; 563 |
| Nat Dis (Earthquakes, Landslides); Epidemic (Measles, Cholera, Pertussis) | |||
| 20 | 1999; India; Cyclone; 9,843 | 1994-Present; Democratic Republic of Congo; >3,000,000 | 2000; Afghanistan; Measles; 1,200 |
| Nat Dis (Volcano Eruptions, Floods); Epidemic (Diarrhea, Plague, Measles, Arbovirus, Respiratory illness outbreaks) | CE | ||
| 21 | 1999; Venezuela; Flood; 30,000 | 1994-Present; Russia (Chechnya); 20,000–71,000 | 2000; Chad; Meningitis; 602 |
| Nat Dis (Flood) | CE | ||
| 22 | 2001; India; Earthquake; 20,005 | 1995, 2002-Present; Cote d'Ivoire; 1,254 | 2000; Madagascar; Cholera; 1,226 |
| Nat Dis (Floods); Epidemic (Cholera, Meningitis, Yellow Fever) | Nat Dis (Cyclone) | ||
| 23 | 2002; China P Rep; Flood; 1,532 | 1996-Present; Nepal; 6,400 | 2001; Burkina Faso, Benin, Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Niger; Meningitis; 3,338 |
| Nat Dis (Floods, Landslides); Epidemic (Encephalitis) | CE (Chad) | ||
| 24 | 2003; Algeria; Earthquake; 2,266 | 1995-Present; Uganda; >3,500 | 2002; Malawi; Cholera; 609 |
| Nat Dis (Flood, Drought, Windstorm); Epidemic (Cholera, Ebola) | Nat Dis (Drought, Floods) | ||
| 25 | 2003; France, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom, Portugal, Netherlands; Heat Wave; 37,451 | 1997–2002; Chad; >6,000 | 2002; Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, DRC, Sudan, Guinea, Mali, Senegal, Burundi, Cote d'Ivoire, Benin, Togo, Rwanda; Meningitis; 2,260 |
| Nat Dis (Floods); Epidemic (Meningitis) | CE (Burundi, Cote d'Ivoire, DRC, Sudan) | ||
| 26 | 2003; Iran Islam Rep; Earthquake; 26,796 | 1998–1999; Guinea-Bissau; 1,700 | 2002; Madagascar; Influenza; 671 |
| Nat Dis (Floods, Drought, Wildfires); Epidemic (Cholera, Meningitis) | Nat Dis (Cyclone) | ||
| 27 | 2004; Haiti; Flood; 2,665 | 1998–1999; Yugoslavia (Kosovo); >5,000 | 2002; Democratic Republic of Congo; Influenza; 2,593 |
| CE | CE | ||
| 28 | 2004; Haiti; Hurricane; 2,754 | 1998–2000; Ethiopia; 50,000–100,000 | 2003; Burkina Faso, Niger; Meningitis; 1,253 |
| CE | Nat Dis (Floods); Epidemic (Meningitis, Yellow Fever) | ||
| 29 | 2004; Philippines; Tropical Storm; 1,619 | 1998–2000; Eritrea; 50,000–100,000 | 2004; Burkina Faso, Nigeria; Meningitis; 573 |
| CE | |||
| 30 | 2004; Indonesia (Aceh), Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Maldives, Somalia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines; Tsunami; 280,958 | 2000–2002; Guinea; >1,000 | 2004; Indonesia; Dengue; 658 |
| CE (Indonesia, Somalia, Sri Lanka); Epidemic (Tetanus) | Nat Dis (Flood); Epidemic (Cholera, Yellow Fever) | CE | |