Analysis of Flood Disasters in Turkey and Their Effects on Health
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2024
Yazarlar: Mukadder Tortumlu, Yusuf Ali ALTUNCI
Anatolian Journal of Emergency Medicine, Uluslararası, Scopus, 2024
DOI: 10.54996/anatolianjem.1376324
Özet
Aim; In this research, it is aimed to reveal the effects on health in the light of current literature by analyzing the types of flood disasters that have occurred in Turkey since 1948 and the number of deaths/injuries caused by floods. Method; It is a cross-sectional, retrospective and descriptive research. In the study, flood disasters that occurred in Turkey between 1948 and 2023 were analyzed. The data of the study were taken from the International Emergency Disasters Database (EM-DAT). In the study, the analysis of floods in Turkey according to seasons, regions, years and flood types, and the number of deaths and injuries were evaluated in the SPSS statistical program. Descriptive statistics are given as number of units (n), percentage (%), median, minimum, maximum and interquartile distance values. Normal distribution of the data of numerical variables was evaluated with the Shapiro Wilk normality test. Statistical significance level was accepted as p