Global Natural Disaster Deaths, 1990-2004

By LiveScience Staff

Year	Drought	Earthquake	Heat	Flood	Slides	Volcano	Wave/Surge	Wild Fires	Wind Storm	Total
1990	0	42,884	992	2,203	214	33	0	0	4,926	51,252
1991	0	2,454	835	5,936	814	683	10	90	146,970	157,792
1992	0	4,035	388	5,367	1,070	0	0	122	1,335	12,317
1993	0	10,088	106	5,930	1,498	99	59	3	2,968	20,751
1994	0	1,237	416	6,413	280	101	31	84	4,081	12,643
1995	0	7,739	1,730	8,154	1,497	0	0	29	3,724	22,873
1996	0	569	300	7,171	1,155	4	27	45	4,217	13,488
1997	520	3,219	619	6,958	801	53	400	32	5,330	17,932
1998	260	7,391	3,225	9,689	981	0	2,182	109	24,657	48,494
1999	0	4,739	771	34,367	351	0	3	70	11,904	52,205
2000	370	216	922	6,429	1,023	0	1	47	1,138	10,146
2001	199	21,336	1,653	4,662	692	0	0	33	1,818	30,393
2002	533	1,634	3,369	4,122	1,149	200	0	6	1,112	12,125
2003	9	29,617	48,228	3,718	706	0	0	47	1,002	83,327
2004	1	882	239	6,957	357	2	226,435	14	6,513	241,400

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SOURCE: "EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database

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