Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Reduced death rates from cyclones in Bangladesh: what more needs to be done?

Ubydul Haque, Masahiro Hashizume, Korine N Kolivras, Hans J Overgaard, Bivash Das & Taro Yamamoto

Volume 90, Number 2, February 2012, 150-156

Table 1. Cyclone severity and deaths in Bangladesh 1960–2010911

Year Number of death Wind speed Severity index
1960 8 119 210 5
1961 11 466 146 5
1963 11 520 203 5
1964 196 NA NA
1965 20 152 210 5
1966 850 146 5
1969 75 NA NA
1970 500 300 223 6
1973 183 122 5
1974 50 162 5
1985 11 069 154 5
1986 12 100 4
1988 9 590 162 5
1989 573 NA NA
1990 132 102 4
1991 138 958 225 6
1994 170 200 5
1995 172 100 4
1996 545 70 3
1997 410 225 6
1998 233 112 4
2007 4 234 250 6
2008 15 80 3
2009 197 95 4

NA, not available.