Title :
Deaths and injuries caused by lightning in the state of pará — Brazil over the period of 2001 to 2012
Author :
Melo, Rezerneide G. ; Macedo, Valquiria G. ; dos Santos, Diego G. ; da Rocha, Brigida R. P. ; da Costa, Danielle P. ; Lopes, Marcio N. G. ; Araujo, Kezia M. ; de Sa, Jose A. S.
Author_Institution :
PPGEE/UFPA-Fed. Univ. of Para, Belem, Brazil
Abstract :
Deaths and injuries caused by lightning in the State of Pará, Brazil, for the period between 2001 and 2012, were analyzed regarding: (a) the localization of the cases (b); ration between deaths and survivors per year (c) professional activities of the fatal victims; (d) gender; (e) age group; (f) circumstances of the accident; and (g) economic losses, based on relevant facts and convergences for subsequent analyzes integrated, which will contribute to the accidents prevention, in order to serve as a model for other Amazonian states.
Keywords :
lightning; AD 2001 to 2012; Amazonian states; Brazil; Para State; accidents prevention; age group; case localization; death-survivor ratio; economic losses; fatal victim professional activities; lightning; Accidents; Discharges (electric); Educational institutions; Injuries; Lightning; Radio frequency; Rain; deaths and injuries; human dimension; lightning;
Conference_Titel :
Lightning Protection (XII SIPDA), 2013 International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Belo Horizonte
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-1343-5
DOI :
10.1109/SIPDA.2013.6729237
