In Rio de Janeiro, 1523 people They lost their lives in natural disasters such as heavy rains, landslides, floods and flooding, according to the study published on Friday (18) by the Fluminense Federal University (UFF) Epidemiology and Health Services Magazine, linked to the Unified Health System (SUS).
The study estimates that 49,000 years of life were lost in considering the public health metric that estimates the life -time interrupted by early deaths. Women were more impacted, as well as residents of five municipalities:
- Nova Friburgo (RJ)
- Petrópolis (RJ)
- Teresópolis (RJ)
- Niterói (RJ)
- Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
About 79.3% of the recorded deaths happened in these cities – which points to the need to put the and response, according to the researchers.
Disasters caused estimated material damage to R $ 12 billion For the state, according to study. Most occurred in housing units (R $ 7.7 billion) and urban infrastructure works (R $ 4 billion) – which directly influences the daily life of the population and the provision of essential services such as health and education, for researchers.
“The population has been feeling impacts of various dimensions, reducing their well-being, and especially of these groups,” says Roberta Fernanda da Paz de Souza Paiva, a researcher at the head of the publication. According to her, the identification of more vulnerable areas and groups is critical to the formulation of more effective public policies. THE CNN He questioned the government of Rio de Janeiro and had no response until the publication of this matter.
The study was anticipated to CNN by the bori agency.
