This statistic shows the number of fatalities that were caused by different types of natural disaster in the United States from 1900 to 2016. Total 16,134 people have been killed as a result of tropical cyclones in the United States from 1900 and 2016. In 2016, the United States were hit by 2 tropical cyclones. The total number of natural disasters occurring on U.S. territory amounted to 91 during that year.
Number of fatalities caused by natural disasters in the United States from 1900 to 2016, by disaster type
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Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). (November 17, 2016). Number of fatalities caused by natural disasters in the United States from 1900 to 2016, by disaster type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/236509/number-of-fatalities-from-natural-disasters-in-the-us/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). "Number of fatalities caused by natural disasters in the United States from 1900 to 2016, by disaster type." Chart. November 17, 2016. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/236509/number-of-fatalities-from-natural-disasters-in-the-us/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). (2016). Number of fatalities caused by natural disasters in the United States from 1900 to 2016, by disaster type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/236509/number-of-fatalities-from-natural-disasters-in-the-us/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). "Number of Fatalities Caused by Natural Disasters in The United States from 1900 to 2016, by Disaster Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Nov 2016, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/236509/number-of-fatalities-from-natural-disasters-in-the-us/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), Number of fatalities caused by natural disasters in the United States from 1900 to 2016, by disaster type Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/236509/number-of-fatalities-from-natural-disasters-in-the-us/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Number of fatalities caused by natural disasters in the United States from 1900 to 2016, by disaster type [Graph], Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), November 17, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/236509/number-of-fatalities-from-natural-disasters-in-the-us/
