## 3 Results
### Temporal Distribution of Natural and Man-Made (Technological) Disasters
#### 3.2.2 Yearly and Monthly Trends in Consequences of Natural and Man-Made Disasters
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\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline \multirow{2}{*}{**Disaster Type**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Deaths**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Injured**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Affected**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Damage (000 USD)**} \\ \cline{2-9}  & **(n)** & **(\%)** & **(n)** & **(\%)** & **(n)** & **(\%)** & **(n)** & **(\%)** \\ \hline Air & 50,689 & 0.154 & 7620 & 0.068 & 8846 & 0.0 & 144,100 & 0.003 \\ Animal incident & 12 & 0.0 & 0 & 0.0 & 5 & 0.0 & 0 & 0.0 \\ Chemical spill & 610 & 0.002 & 8773 & 0.078 & 652,981 & 0.008 & 1,198,954 & 0.027 \\ Collapse (industrial) & 7099 & 0.022 & 2450 & 0.022 & 3353 & 0.0 & 1,335,000 & 0.03 \\ Collapse (miscellaneous) & 14,830 & 0.045 & 13,024 & 0.117 & 309,514 & 0.004 & 283,800 & 0.006 \\ Drought & 11,734,272 & 35.54 & 32 & 0.0 & 2,964,996,768 & 34.146 & 257,581,674 & 5.728 \\ Earthquake & 2,407,717 & 7.293 & 2,945,052 & 26.35 & 228,214,673 & 2.628 & 975,785,916 & 21.701 \\ Epidemic & 9,622,343 & 29.14 & 2,836,719 & 25.38 & 50,095,829 & 0.577 & 7 & 0.0 \\ Explosion (industrial) & 36,814 & 0.112 & 41,850 & 0.374 & 864,341 & 0.01 & 40,421,674 & 0.899 \\ Explosion (miscellaneous) & 7624 & 0.023 & 19,231 & 0.172 & 137,527 & 0.002 & 619,100 & 0.014 \\ Extreme temperature & 256,413 & 0.777 & 2,066,936 & 18.49 & 107,678,810 & 1.24 & 69,468,343 & 1.545 \\ Fire (industrial) & 5522 & 0.017 & 5211 & 0.047 & 465,362 & 0.005 & 2,608,005 & 0.058 \\ Fire (miscellaneous) & 36,590 & 0.111 & 24,022 & 0.215 & 1,368,383 & 0.016 & 3,485,470 & 0.078 \\ Flood & 7,011,404 & 21.23 & 1,398,042 & 12.50 & 3,997,629,671 & 46.039 & 1,007,889,805 & 22.415 \\ Fog & 4000 & 0.012 & 0 & 0.0 & 0 & 0.0 & 0 & 0.0 \\ Gas leak & 2906 & 0.009 & 116,280 & 1.04 & 513,932 & 0.006 & 30,000 & 0.001 \\ Glacial lake outburst flood & 439 & 0.001 & 24 & 0.0 & 88,424 & 0.001 & 210,000 & 0.005 \\ Impact & 0 & 0.0 & 1491 & 0.013 & 301,491 & 0.003 & 33,000 & 0.001 \\ Industrial accident (general) & 5207 & 0.016 & 1552 & 0.014 & 135,987 & 0.002 & 9,960,407 & 0.222 \\ Infestation & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0.0 & 2,802,200 & 0.032 & 229,200 & 0.005 \\ Mass movement (dry) & 4486 & 0.014 & 373 & 0.003 & 23,117 & 0.0 & 209,000 & 0.005 \\ Mass movement (wet) & 68,636 & 0.208 & 12,705 & 0.114 & 16,823,502 & 0.194 & 11,347,044 & 0.252 \\ Miscellaneous accident (general) & 14,279 & 0.043 & 40,666 & 0.364 & 1,880,052 & 0.022 & 4000 & 0.0 \\ Oil spill & 1 & 0.0 & 120 & 0.001 & 29,137 & 0.0 & 30,000 & 0.001 \\ Poisoning & 3578 & 0.011 & 54,442 & 0.487 & 648,522 & 0.007 & 0 & 0.0 \\ Radiation & 86 & 0.0 & 1958 & 0.018 & 1,064,201 & 0.012 & 2,800,000 & 0.062 \\ Rail & 28,730 & 0.087 & 61,744 & 0.552 & 109,453 & 0.001 & 903,000 & 0.02 \\ Road & 68,812 & 0.208 & 49,184 & 0.44 & 56,306 & 0.001 & 7700 & 0.0 \\ Storm & 1,418,647 & 4.297 & 1,411,425 & 12.62 & 1,277,565,968 & 14.713 & 1,967,141,984 & 43.748 \\ Volcanic activity & 86,935 & 0.263 & 26,564 & 0.238 & 10,032,658 & 0.116 & 6,327,912 & 0.141 \\ Water-related & 111,237 & 0.337 & 13,130 & 0.117 & 149,256 & 0.002 & 77,900 & 0.002 \\ Wildfire & 5366 & 0.016 & 15,989 & 0.143 & 18,531,582 & 0.213 & 136,368,030 & 3.033 \\ \hline Total & 33,015,284 & 100.0 & 11,176,609 & 100.0 & 8,683,181,851 & 100.0 & 4,496,501,025 & 100.0 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 11: Summary of disaster consequences by type, including total counts and percentage contributions (1900–2024). whereas poisoning incidents led to 3578 deaths (0.011%) and 54,442 injuries (0.487%). Although radiation incidents were rare, they caused significant economic losses (USD 2.8 billion, or 0.062%). Storms were another major disaster type, causing 1,418,647 deaths (4.297%), 1,411,425 injuries (12.62%), and USD 1.97 trillion in economic losses (43.748%), reflecting their widespread and severe impact. Volcanic activity led to 86,935 deaths (0.263%) and USD 6.33 billion in economic losses (0.141%), affecting over 10 million individuals (0.116%).