The objective of the research reported here was to examine the epidemiologic characteristics of struck-by-lightning deaths. Using data from both the National Centers for Health Statistics (NCHS) multi-ple-cause-of-death tapes and the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), which is maintained by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the authors calculated numbers and annualized rates of lightning-related deaths for the United States. They used resident estimates from population microdata files maintained by the Census Bureau as the de-nominators. Work-related fatality rates were calculated with denominators derived from the Current Population Survey of employment data. Four illustrative investigative case reports of lightning-related deaths...
Lightning kills more people than tornadoes, hurricanes, and high winds on average each year in the U...
India is the most disaster - prone country in the world. Nearly 85% geographical area and more than ...
Although no exact figures on lightning fatalities are available — there is no central agency to whic...
Lightning is a major cause of weather related mortality around the world. In the United States, ligh...
This chapter focuses on reports and papers relating to lightning-caused death and injury for the Uni...
A reduction by a factor of 10 in the population-weighted rate of lightning-caused deaths over the la...
Statistics of lightning fatalities and injuries are difficult to obtain as mandatory reporting of su...
Lightning strike is an environmental phenomenon that dominates the factors of supplemental deaths as...
It is a fact that Malaysia encounters more than 70% of power outages due to lightning and it is know...
This study provides a detailed account of the stepwise development of an empirical equation to estim...
Although lightning fatalities continue to decrease in the United States (Fig 1), lightning continues...
This study analyzed and compared the lightning related casualties in Malaysia and United States. Uni...
This study briefly canvasses lightning fatalities in Malaysia. Acquiring lightning fatality statics ...
Copyright © 2012 Carmen A. Pfortmueller et al. This is an open access article distributed under the ...
Injuries from artificial electricity have been reported for almost 300 years. The first recorded dea...
Lightning kills more people than tornadoes, hurricanes, and high winds on average each year in the U...
India is the most disaster - prone country in the world. Nearly 85% geographical area and more than ...
Although no exact figures on lightning fatalities are available — there is no central agency to whic...
Lightning is a major cause of weather related mortality around the world. In the United States, ligh...
This chapter focuses on reports and papers relating to lightning-caused death and injury for the Uni...
A reduction by a factor of 10 in the population-weighted rate of lightning-caused deaths over the la...
Statistics of lightning fatalities and injuries are difficult to obtain as mandatory reporting of su...
Lightning strike is an environmental phenomenon that dominates the factors of supplemental deaths as...
It is a fact that Malaysia encounters more than 70% of power outages due to lightning and it is know...
This study provides a detailed account of the stepwise development of an empirical equation to estim...
Although lightning fatalities continue to decrease in the United States (Fig 1), lightning continues...
This study analyzed and compared the lightning related casualties in Malaysia and United States. Uni...
This study briefly canvasses lightning fatalities in Malaysia. Acquiring lightning fatality statics ...
Copyright © 2012 Carmen A. Pfortmueller et al. This is an open access article distributed under the ...
Injuries from artificial electricity have been reported for almost 300 years. The first recorded dea...
Lightning kills more people than tornadoes, hurricanes, and high winds on average each year in the U...
India is the most disaster - prone country in the world. Nearly 85% geographical area and more than ...
Although no exact figures on lightning fatalities are available — there is no central agency to whic...