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| | SD : People : Population, poverty and vulnerability: Mitigating the effects of natural disasters, Part 1 |
 | | It is estimated that the hurricane resulted in a total of 13,567 deaths, two thirds of which concern persons who were declared missing and who have been added to the official figures of those confirmed dead. |
 | | It is likely that Hurricane Mitch has, in the short term, temporarily caused stagnation in the epidemiological transition previously on-going in the country, perpetuating the important role of preventable diseases in morbidity and mortality structures. |
 | | Firstly, observations carried out on the effects of the hurricane show that, in both San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa, the areas with the greatest number of missing and dead are also environmentally unsafe areas (due to landslides, floods, etc.), whose inhabitants are the poorest. |
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