Considerations in the Epidemiology of Earthquake Injuries

In July, 1989, a workshop entitled “Earthquake Injury Epidemiology for Mitigation and Response” was held at The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. The aim of the workshop was to gather a group of interested professionals, all directly or peripherally interested in the research, planning, mitigation, and response aspects associated with earthquake‐induced injuries and deaths, to lay the foundations and begin to develop a research agenda for this emerging field. This was achieved by a combination of presentation of summary papers, discussions in small, multidisciplinary working groups, and plenary wrap‐up and discussion sessions. The papers and transcriptions are available from the authors. The following paper presents a condensation and summary of the workshop, its discussions, and its important conclusions. References are cited where appropriate; much of the content reflects a condensation of the discussions.