Women's Study | Precepts: Ephesians
Village Bible Church || Sugar Grove, IL
Updated Statistics
01/27/2010
Below is some data collected by Bryan Hutcheson, major in air force reserves, who attends Glen Ellyn Bible Church.
- Population of Haiti in 2009 10,000,000
- The current death toll estimate is 165,000.
- There were at least 65 US fatalities.
- Conservatively, there are an estimated 692,000 internally displaced persons just in and around the city of Port-au-Prince.
- Those 692,000 people have formed 591 spontaneous settlements in and around Port-au-Prince.
- Poor hygiene and the coming rainy season are going to conspire to be the next morbidity/mortality wave; an estimated 2-4% of those displaced will die or become severely ill to the point of incapacitation due to illness.
- There are over 500 NGO's registered through the US Consulate at the PAP airport.
- By the time you read this well over 1,500 planes will have landed to disgorge either goods or people to help.
- 109 Countries have provided manpower or resources.
- The US represents the overwhelming majority of those individuals providing aid (70-85%).
- Over 11,000 patients have been seen in US facilities (other countries unknown).
- Of the 134 rescues so far, 47 were made by teams from the USA.
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