A Study on Regional Distribution for Vulnerable People with Orthopedic disease Considering Earthquake Disaster: Using KDB from Hakui City

Abstract

In Japan, large-scale earthquake disasters occur frequently in which serious damage is concentrated on vulnerable people. Based on the situation of past earthquake disasters, each municipality has created a list of vulnerable people's information. However, there are various issues such as high hurdles for listing due to personal information. In this study, we widely regard patients with orthopedic diseases as vulnerable people, and examine regional distribution using national health insurance data. In addition, alternate index of the distance to the nearest evacuation site is created for each town using GIS network analysis. Through this research, it became possible to clarify regional differences from the two viewpoints of number of orthopedic disease patients and the distance to evacuation sites.