Table 1.
Damages and injuries in recent Asian-Pacific region earthquakes
| Nation | No. of overall deaths | No. of deaths in chronic HD patients* | No. of chronic HD patients transferred to other facilities | No. of crush syndrome/acute dialysis patients | No. of acute HD sessions | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kobe (Japan, 1995) | 6,400 | 23 | 3,000 | 5% of all hospitalized patients/ NA | 100 | [7,14] |
| Marmara (Turkey, 1999) | 17,480 | 6/356 | NA | 639/477 | 5,137 | [8,32] |
| Chi-Chi (Taiwan, 1999) | 2,405 | 8/1,500 | NA (54 of 78 HD centers had normal scheduling, 12 of 78 centers were restored within 3 days) | 95/32 | [6,15] | |
| Kashmir (Pakistan, 2005) | 73,000 | NA | NA | 88/55 | 807 | [9] |
| GEJE (Japan, 2011) | 20,352 | NA | 10,906 | NA | NA | [6,13,16] |
*
It was difficult to determine the exact number of deaths among hemodialysis (HD) patients.
This is the number of deaths identified among the HD maintenance patients reported in the reporting area. NA, not available; GEJE, Great East Japan Earthquake.