A comparison of lightning human fatalities between Malaysia and United States

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Hajikhani, Maryam and Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin and Izadi, Mahdi and Gomes, Chandima and Jasni, Jasronita (2016) A comparison of lightning human fatalities between Malaysia and United States. In: 2016 33rd International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP), 25-30 Sept. 2016, Estoril, Portugal. .

Abstract

This study analyzed and compared the lightning related casualties in Malaysia and United States. United States as a developed country is reported with 0.3 deaths per million per year after 1970 comparing to lesser-developed areas such as Malaysia with an annual lightning fatality rate of 6 deaths per million. The comparison and analysis were made based on the rural-urban setting and the six types of activities locations defined as agriculture, indoors, outdoors, recreation, small structures (i.e. vehicle, open-sided shelter, shed) and sports. The results for the both countries were discussed in terms of their differences and similarities.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering
DOI Number:	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICLP.2016.7791406
Publisher:	IEEE
Keywords:	Human fatalities; Injuries; Lightning fatalities
Depositing User:	Nabilah Mustapa
Date Deposited:	07 Jun 2017 04:52
Last Modified:	07 Jun 2017 04:52
Altmetrics:	http://www.altmetric.com/details.php?domain=psasir.upm.edu.my&doi=10.1109/ICLP.2016.7791406
URI:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55653
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