Katrina death toll revised down to 1,723

Robert Lindsay:

As the 1-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina looms, the death toll from the Hurricane has taken a serious drop, as Louisiana has apparently weeded out many of the out of state deaths in a short post-Hurricane period as not related to the Hurricane. The death toll has dropped from 1,836 to 1,723, a drop of 113 deaths. [...]

...the official missing list for Louisiana has not been updated since February 2, and still contains the names of 2,371 people. That list seriously needs to be updated.

Lindsay provides links to other people following this story, including Seth Abramson, who doubts all the Mississippi Katrina-related deaths have been counted. The numbers Lindsay has, as of August 22, 2006:

Louisiana..: Mon., May. 16, 2006: 1,464
Mississippi: Tue., Jan. 24, 2006: ..238
Florida....: Mon., Jan. 9, 2006: ....14
Georgia....: Mon., Jan. 9, 2006: .....2
Alabama....: Mon., Jan. 9, 2006: .....2
Ohio.......: Wed., Aug. 31, 2005: ....2*
Kentucky...: Wed., Aug. 31, 2005: ....1*
Total......: ......................1723

Via Lindsay Beyerstein ("Majikthise").


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* The Ohio and Kentucky deaths are somewhat indirectly related to Katrina, see Mr. Lindsay's post for details.