Blizzard morbidity and mortality: Rhode Island, 1978

G. Faich and R. Rose

American Journal of Public Health, 1979, vol. 69, issue 10, 1050-1052

Abstract: The total number of outpatient visits to 10 hospital emergency rooms declined 64% and emergency admissions 35% immediately after the February 1978 blizzard in Rhode Island; both quickly returned to normal levels. Three days after the storm, admissions for myocardial infarction increased markedly. Total mortality and ischemic heart disease deaths showed a considerable increase for the five-day period following the blizzard. The physical and psychological stress of the blizzard probably precipitated cardiac deaths in susceptible individuals.

Date: 1979
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