Number of Deaths by Natural Disasters in Japan, 1993-2013

From 1993 to 2013, total 27,794 persons died by natural disasters in Japan. 67% of them died in the 2011 earthquake. The following table shows the breakdown of the victims. There were big earthquakes in 1995 and 2011.

Table: Number of Deaths by Natural Disasters in Japan, 1993-2013 (unit: person)

Year	Wind and Flood	Earthquake or Tsunami	Volcano	Snow	Other	Total
1993	183	233	1	9	11	437
1994	8	3	0	21	7	39
1995	19	6,437	4	14	8	6,482
1996	21	0	0	28	35	84
1997	51	0	0	16	4	71
1998	80	0	0	28	1	109
1999	109	0	0	29	3	141
2000	19	1	0	52	6	78
2001	27	2	0	59	2	90
2002	20	0	0	26	2	48
2003	48	2	0	12	0	62
2004	240	68	0	16	3	327
2005	48	1	0	98	6	153
2006	87	0	0	88	2	177
2007	14	16	0	5	4	39
2008	21	24	0	48	7	100
2009	76	1	0	35	3	115
2010	31	0	0	57	1	89
2011	136	18,510	0	125	2	18,773
2012	52	2	0	138	0	192
2013	85	0	0	103	0	188

Source is Cabinet Office, Government Of Japan. 防災白書平成26年版

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