Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health, Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice.
Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2023 Nov 17;17:e530. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2023.108.
On February 12, 2021, Winter Storm Uri hit the United States. To understand the disaster-related causes and circumstances of death, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) activated media mortality surveillance.
The team searched the internet daily for key terms related to Uri and compiled the information into a standardized media mortality surveillance database to conduct descriptive statistics.
Between February 12 and March 2, 2021, the accessed media reported 136 Uri-related deaths from nine states. Most decedents were male (39%) and adults (62.5%). Exposure to extreme temperatures (47.1%) was the most common cause of death. Among indirect deaths, motor vehicle collision (12.5%), and carbon monoxide poisoning (7.4%) represented the top two circumstances.
This was the first time CDC activated media mortality surveillance for a winter storm. Media mortality surveillance is useful in assessing the impact of a disaster and provides timely data for an all-hazards response approach.
2021 年 2 月 12 日，美国遭遇冬季风暴“乌里”袭击。为了解与灾害相关的死亡原因和情况，疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）启动了媒体死亡率监测。
该团队每天在互联网上搜索与“乌里”相关的关键词，并将信息汇编到一个标准化的媒体死亡率监测数据库中，以进行描述性统计分析。
2021 年 2 月 12 日至 3 月 2 日，媒体报道了来自九个州的 136 例与“乌里”相关的死亡事件。大多数死者为男性（39%）和成年人（62.5%）。暴露于极端温度（47.1%）是最常见的死亡原因。在间接死亡中，机动车碰撞（12.5%）和一氧化碳中毒（7.4%）是前两种情况。
这是 CDC 首次针对冬季风暴启动媒体死亡率监测。媒体死亡率监测有助于评估灾害的影响，并为全灾害应对方法提供及时的数据。
