GAR 2015 Main Report

Part I

Notes

1 WHO Factsheet No. 358, March 2013: http://www.who.int/ mediacentre/factsheets/fs358/en/.
2 World Bank data: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP. MKTP.CD/countries/1W?display=graph.
3 http://www.who.int/topics/global_burden_of_disease/en (accessed 3 January 2015).
4 For details on the methodology, please see GAR 13 paper

Noy, 2014

Noy, Ilan. 2014,A New Non-Monetary Global Measure of the Direct Impact of Natural Disasters, Background Paper prepared for the 2015 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction. Geneva, Switzerland: UNISDR..
Click here to view this GAR paper.

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5 Calculated using data on DALYs from the WHO: http://www. who.int/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/estimates/en/ index2.html.

In particular, more life years are lost per capita in low-income countries than in any other income group (Figure I.3).

These findings suggest that while disaster risk is a universal problem that affects all regions and

(Source:

Noy, 2014

(Source: UNISDR with data from GAR 13 paper

Noy, 2014

Figure I.2 Share of life years lost across income groups

Figure I.3 Lost life years relative to population, 1990 - 2012

income groups, as a development challenge it continues to be concentrated in low and middle-income countries. As explored in detail in the different chapters of this part of the report, these are the countries that will need to increase capital investment and social expenditure substantially if they are to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and whose capacity to do so will be challenged by increasing disaster risk.

	42 Part I Notes 1 WHO Factsheet No. 358, March 2013: http://www.who.int/ mediacentre/factsheets/fs358/en/. 2 World Bank data: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP. MKTP.CD/countries/1W?display=graph. 3 http://www.who.int/topics/global_burden_of_disease/en (accessed 3 January 2015). 4 For details on the methodology, please see Noy, 2014 x Noy, Ilan. 2014,A New Non-Monetary Global Measure of the Direct Impact of Natural Disasters, Background Paper prepared for the 2015 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction. Geneva, Switzerland: UNISDR.. Click here to view this GAR paper. . 5 Calculated using data on DALYs from the WHO: http://www. who.int/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/estimates/en/ index2.html. In particular, more life years are lost per capita in low-income countries than in any other income group (Figure I.3). These findings suggest that while disaster risk is a universal problem that affects all regions and (Source: Noy, 2014 x Noy, Ilan. 2014,A New Non-Monetary Global Measure of the Direct Impact of Natural Disasters, Background Paper prepared for the 2015 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction. Geneva, Switzerland: UNISDR.. Click here to view this GAR paper. .) (Source: UNISDR with data from Noy, 2014 x Noy, Ilan. 2014,A New Non-Monetary Global Measure of the Direct Impact of Natural Disasters, Background Paper prepared for the 2015 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction. Geneva, Switzerland: UNISDR.. Click here to view this GAR paper. .) Figure I.2 Share of life years lost across income groups Figure I.3 Lost life years relative to population, 1990 - 2012 income groups, as a development challenge it continues to be concentrated in low and middle-income countries. As explored in detail in the different chapters of this part of the report, these are the countries that will need to increase capital investment and social expenditure substantially if they are to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and whose capacity to do so will be challenged by increasing disaster risk.	Page 1 Page 10 Page 20 Page 30 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 ->Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 60 Page 70 Page 80 Page 90 Page 100 Page 110 Page 120 Page 130 Page 140 Page 150 Page 160 Page 170 Page 180 Page 190 Page 200 Page 210 Page 220 Page 230 Page 240 Page 250 Page 260 Page 270 Page 280 Page 290 Page 300 Page 310