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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2016 Dec 29;11(4):460–466. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2016.170

TABLE 1.

Numbers and Percentages of Hurricane Sandy–Related Deaths Reported by the Media, Reported by Vital Statistics, and Matched, for Departments of Health in New York City and 5 US States (Connecticut, North Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia), October 29, 2012, to November 5, 2012 (N = 75)

CT,
No. (%)		 NC,
No. (%)		 NJ,
No. (%)		 NYC,
No. (%)		 PA,
No. (%)		 VA,
No. (%)		 Total,
No. (%)
Media reports 5 (5) 4 (4) 24 (24) 47 (47) 17 (17) 2 (2) 99
Vital statistics 5 (6) 2 (2) 23 (26) 41 (46) 17 (19) 2 (2) 90
Matched by: name, place AND circumstance or cause of death 5 (100) 2 (50) 14 (58) 26 (55) 11 (65) 2 (100) 60 (61)
OR
Sex, place AND circumstance or cause of death 0 (0) 0 (0) 5 (21) 8 (17) 2 (12) 0 (0) 15 (15)
Match overall 5 (100) 2 (50) 19 (79) 34 (72) 13 (76) 2 (100) 75 (76)
Unmatched 0 (0) 0 (0) 5 (21) 8 (17) 2 (12) 0 (0) 15 (15)