Table 5.
Death rates* of regions according to meteorological disaster types, 1990-2008
| Region Classification | Total population | Flood | Typhoon | Storm | Cold | Lightning | Sum | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan city | inland | 15,593,082 | 0.29 | 0.26 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.55 |
| coastal | 7,382,500 | 0.35 | 0.39 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.94 | |
| Province | inland | 16,374,713 | 2.47 | 0.73 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 3.23 |
| coastal | 7,314,474 | 0.84 | 3.11 | 2.17 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 6.19 | |
* Annual mean deaths per 1 million people calculated using the 2000 resident registration data of the Korean Statistical Information Service.