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. 2016 Sep 5;26(9):493–511. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20150268

Table 2B. Municipalities, population, and human damage from the GEJEa and number of participants in the TMM CommCohort Study in Iwate Prefecture.

Center or Satellite Municipality Population
(as of October 1,
2015)
Human
damage by
the GEJEa
Number of participants (as of December 28, 2015)

Specific health
Table 1checkups
Satellite Sub total Total
(n = 31 838)
Yahaba Yahaba 27 191 0 790 996 1786 2482
  Tono 27 664 0 0 485 485  
  Ichinoseki 120 379 0 0 211 211  
Kuji Kuji 35 106 4 2374 455 2829 9953
  Hirono 16 322 0 1440 109 1549  
  Noda 4189 38 423 36 459  
  Fudai 2859 1 287 28 315  
  Ninohe 27 659 0 1858 43 1901  
  Karumai 9275 0 999 18 1017  
  Ichinohe 12 921 0 1270 15 1285  
  Kunohe 5973 0 568 30 598  
Miyako Miyako 55 017 514 4391 960 5351 8258
  Yamada 15 564 752 1620 25 1645  
  Iwaizumi 9579 7 848 107 955  
  Tanohata 3474 29 286 21 307  
Kamaishi Kamaishi 35 262 1040 2315 831 3146 4342
  Otsuchi 11 513 1227 1162 34 1196  
Kesen Ofunato 38 024 419 3256 572 3828 6803
  Rikuzentakata 19 097 1762 2398 64 2462  
  Sumita 5751 0 354 159 513  

GEJE, Great East Japan Earthquake; TMM, Tohoku Medical Megabank Project.

aHuman damage by the GEJE includes dead and missing persons. The numbers are cited from the General Disaster Prevention Office, Iwate Prefectural Government.