Disaster Epidemiology Lessons From Bam Earthquake Dec 26, 2003 Iran

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Disaster Epidemiology Lessons
From Bam Earthquake
Dec 26, 2003 Iran
Part 2 Health and economical st
atus of Bam before the earthquake
A. Ardalan MD, MPH, PhD student in Epidemiology
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• Learning objectives
• To view the economical
• status of Bam before the
• earthquake
• To understand the health
• status of Bam before the
• earthquake

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• Geographic location of Bam
• The Southeast of Kerman
• province, on the outskirts of the
• Dasht-e-Lut Desert in Southeast
• Iran.
• Distance from other cities
• 220 Km from the city of Kerman
• 1,283 Km from Tehran

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• Demography of Bam district before the earthquake
• Total population 240,000
• Urban population 40.4
• Rural population 59.6

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• Economical status of Bam before the
  earthquake
  
• Direct employment in
• agricultural sector 25
• Most date farmers were small
• holders, and as such vulnerable
• in socio-economic terms.

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• Economical status of Kerman province
• Unemployment rate 25
• Population lived below the
• universal poverty line 10

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• Citadel of Bam and economy
• The city of Bam is famous for
• its ancient architecture.
• Bams 2500 year-old ancient
• citadel drew in about 15,000
• foreign tourists last year and
• as many as three times the
• number of Iranian tourists.

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Some Health Indicators of Kerman province
compared with National level
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Some Health Indicators of Kerman province
compared with National level
(Non- communicable diseases)
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Some Health Indicators of Kerman province
compared with National level
(Infectious diseases)
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• Endemic and Epidemic Diseases
• The most endemic diseases
• Malaria
• Cutaneous leishmaniasis
• Recently epidemics
• Typhoid fever
• Cholera

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Health care services of Bam before the earthquake
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References
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