HTH -- Haiti Earthquake

June 1, 2011. Haiti earthquake casualties significantly lower than previous tolls - draft U.S. report

SOURCE: Altegrity Risk International

A report commissioned by the U.S. government indicates that significantly fewer people died or were left homeless by the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti in 2010 than was originally claimed. The unpublished report puts the death toll between 46,000 and 85,000 people; Haiti's government says about 316,000 people died. It also suggests that many of those still living in tent cities did not lose their homes in the disaster. The draft report is based on a survey commissioned by the U.S. Agency for International Development and draws its number from door-to-door survey's carried out over 29 days in January 2011. Some analysts say the draft report could challenge the premise of a multi-billion-dollar aid and reconstruction effort.