Post-Katrina New Orleans death rate shoots up
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Death rates in New Orleans rose nearly 50 percent as the city began its recovery from Hurricane Katrina, in part because of storm-related damage to its public health facilities, researchers said on Thursday.
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The death rate from injury in the United States is rising this decade after declining since the late 1970s, spurred by increases in accidental poisonings and suicides, health officials said on Thursday.
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NEW YORK  - When ozone goes up in cities,  even for short periods at levels below current regulatory  standards, so does the death rate, according to an article in  Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association.
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The city is showing signs of rebirth nearly a year after Hurricane Katrina, but a lack of health care and other services and a dearth of affordable housing could stymie a full recovery, according to a study released Wednesday.
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Haiti&#39;s death toll from flooding mounted Tuesday following tropical storm Jeanne, as rescue workers estimated at least 600 people lost their lives.
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Thousands of people in Louisiana and along the Mississippi Gulf Coast are struggling to rebuild their lives. In some areas, the population and economy are growing, but in others, serious issues remain such as battered infrastructure and violent crime.
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When ozone goes up in cities, even for short periods at levels below current regulatory standards, so does the death rate, according to an article in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association.
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HAITI&#39;S official death toll from tropical storm Jeanne soared to more than 1070 yesterday and could rise to 2000, officials announced as aid workers started mass burials.
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The death toll from a powerful typhoon that lashed the northern Philippines climbed to at least 24 on Monday after rescue officials retrieved more bodies from ravaged areas.
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If a strong Category 4 storm such as Ivan made a direct hit, Walter Maestri, an emergency manager, warned that 50,000 people could drown, and the city of New Orleans could cease to exist.
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More than a week after devastating floods hit northern Haiti the death count rose sharply as reports came in from remote areas on Monday and aid workers struggled to feed thousands of desperate people.
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The number of deaths from floods in Haiti caused by tropical storm Jeanne has risen sharply to 1,970, with 884 still missing, officials say.
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The death toll from floods in Haiti has risen to more than 1,071 and could reach 2,000, the government&#39;s civil protection agency said Wednesday.
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New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin  predicted on Tuesday that the city's population, which has been  slow to recover after thousands were driven out by Hurricane  Katrina, would rebound strongly by the end of the year.
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Post-Katrina, the city faces a 1-in-100 annual chance of major flooding.  NEW ORLEANS -- The federal government's verdict on the future of New Orleans is in: The city is much safer than before Hurricane Katrina but faces a 1-in-100 chance each year of significant flooding.
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Louisiana appears to be rebounding from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, gaining 50,000 residents in the year ending July 1, according to new Census Bureau state population estimates released Thursday.
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The Louisiana Superdome, a scene of  misery, frustration and death in the days after Hurricane  Katrina, came back to life on Monday as the New Orleans Saints  took the field for what turned out to be much more than a  football game.