Editing Natural disaster (section)

=== By region and country ===
As of 2019, the countries with the highest share of disability-adjusted life years ([[Disability-adjusted life year|DALY]]) lost due to natural disasters are [[The Bahamas|Bahamas]], [[Haiti]], [[Zimbabwe]] and [[Armenia]] (probably mainly due to the [[1988 Armenian earthquake|Spitak Earthquake]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=Global health estimates: Leading causes of DALYs |url=https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/mortality-and-global-health-estimates/global-health-estimates-leading-causes-of-dalys |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106063038/https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/mortality-and-global-health-estimates/global-health-estimates-leading-causes-of-dalys |archive-date=2021-01-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2019 WHO DALY report data |url=https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/gho-documents/global-health-estimates/ghe2019_dalys-2019-country.xlsx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331221157/https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/gho-documents/global-health-estimates/ghe2019_dalys-2019-country.xlsx |archive-date=2022-03-31 }}</ref> The Asia-Pacific region is the world's most disaster prone region.<ref>Asia-Pacific World's Most Disaster-Prone Region</ref> A person in Asia-Pacific is five times more likely to be hit by a natural disaster than someone living in other regions.<ref>{{cite web |title=Asia-Pacific: the world's most disaster-prone region – World |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/world/factbox-asia-pacific-worlds-most-disaster-prone-region |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004103905/https://reliefweb.int/report/world/factbox-asia-pacific-worlds-most-disaster-prone-region |archive-date=2018-10-04 |access-date=2018-10-04 |publisher=ReliefWeb|date=10 October 2017 }}</ref>

Between 1995 and 2015, the greatest number of natural disasters occurred in America, China and India.<ref name="vecono">{{cite news |date=29 Aug 2017 |title=Weather-related disasters are increasing |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2017/08/daily-chart-19 |url-status=live |access-date=30 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830021140/https://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2017/08/daily-chart-19 |archive-date=30 August 2017}}</ref> In 2012, there were 905 natural disasters worldwide, 93% of which were weather-related disasters. Overall costs were US$170&nbsp;billion and insured losses $70&nbsp;billion. 2012 was a moderate year. 45% were meteorological (storms), 36% were hydrological (floods), 12% were climatological (heat waves, cold waves, droughts, wildfires) and 7% were geophysical events (earthquakes and volcanic eruptions). Between 1980 and 2011 geophysical events accounted for 14% of all natural catastrophes.<ref>[http://www.worldwatch.org/natural-catastrophes-2012-dominated-us-weather-extremes-0 Natural Catastrophes in 2012 Dominated by U.S. Weather Extremes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702190117/http://www.worldwatch.org/natural-catastrophes-2012-dominated-us-weather-extremes-0|date=2013-07-02}} [[Worldwatch Institute]] May 29, 2013</ref>

[[Developing country|Developing countries]] often have ineffective communication systems as well as insufficient support for [[disaster risk reduction]] and [[emergency management]].<ref name=":5" /> This makes them more vulnerable to natural disasters than [[high income countries]].