ESTIMATING THE DEATH RATE DUE TO THE GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE USING NATIONAL CENSUS AND THE LIST OF THE DEAD

摘要

The Great East Japan Earthquake is one of the worst natural disasters in Japan. The toll of the dead and the missing is over 20 thousand, and over 90 percent of the dead drowned due to tsunami. In order to cut down the damage caused by future Tsunami in collaboration with occupation and livable place, this earthquake gives good lessons. Before acting, we have to know what happened and the cause of damage or death. We focused on the population distribution at the time of occurrence. Since the tsunami rushed in the afternoon, the death rate of certain area cannot be calculated until estimating where each person was at the time. We estimated the population distribution and the death rate in several cities using the Population Census.