title: Risk factors for mortality in landslide- and flood-affected populations in Uganda.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Assess mortality risk factors including age, sex, and disaster type, in the March 2010 floods and landslides in Eastern Uganda and to compare time period, cause, location, and receipt of medical care among landslide and flood fatalities.
  
  
  METHODS
  A stratified cluster survey was conducted of 802 affected households in community and camp locations.
  
  
  METHODS
  Flood and landslide affected populations in the East Uganda the districts of Baduda and Butaleja.
  
  
  METHODS
  Adult household members in 802 households were surveyed regarding household member deaths in the floods and landslides areas.
  
  
  METHODS
  The primary outcome measure was the odds of death associated with age, sex, and disaster type (flood or landslide). The secondary outcome measure was the odds of event (landslide or flood) among fatalities associated with sex, age, time period of death, and cause of death.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The odds of death were significantly higher in landslide affected populations than in flood affected populations (OR 3.06, 95% CI 2.20-4.25, p < 0.001). Time period of death (p = 0.016), type of death (p < 0.001), death after seeking medical care (p = 0.033), month of death (p < 0.001), and cause of death (p < 0.001) were significantly associated with increased odds of death due to landslides as compared to floods.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  More deaths occurred due to landslides than floods, and landslide deaths were more immediate, with a majority occurring on the day of the event. Females and younger age groups faced a greater risk of death from the landslide than the flood.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Shreya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, City University of New York, Lehman College, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Yuri
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gorokhovich
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Shannon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Doocy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004190:Disasters; D005260:Female; D055868:Floods / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D055876:Landslides / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D014454:Uganda / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult