Table 7.2
Fatalities, economic losses and insured losses (both in 1999 US dollars) for disasters in different regions as
estimated by the insurance industry for the period 1985–99. The percentage from weather-related disasters (includingwindstorms, floods, droughts, wildfire, landslides, land subsidence, avalanches, extreme temperature events, lightning,frost and ice/snow damages) is indicated in each case. Total losses are higher than those summarised in Figure 1.2because of the restriction of Figure 1.2 to losses from large catastrophic eventsAmerica:America:North, Central,AfricaSouthCaribbeanAsiaAustraliaEuropeWorldNumber of events8106102260273060018108820Weather-related91%79%87%78%87%90%85%Fatalities22 99056 08037 910429 92044008210559 510Weather-related88%50%72%70%95%96%70%Economic losses(current $US billion)71634543316130947Weather-related81%73%84%63%84%89%75%Insured losses(current US$ billion)0.80.811922540187Weather-related100%69%86%78%74%98%87%Data from MunichRe, presented in Figure 8.6 inVellinga, P., Mills, E.et al. 2001. In McCar
thy,Climate Change 2001: Impacts,Chapter 8.