Analysis of Health and Life Conditions among Temporary House Inhabitants Who Suffered from the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the health and life conditions of temporary house inhabitants who suffered from the great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake. Three hundred and one temporary house inhabitants at chuo-ku in Kobe were obtained through the investigation of the informants. The significant differences among middle-aged (age range : 55-64 years old) inhabitants, aged (age range : 65 years over) ones and young adult (age range : 20-54 years old) ones were showed as follows ; prevalence rate (p< 0.001), drinking person rate (p< 0.001), smoking person rate (p< 0.001), rate of person having bad balance meal (p < 0.05) , rate of person having bad economic state (p < 0.01). The findings of this study suggest that middle-aged inhabitants have more physical, life-style's and economic problems than aged and young adult ones, so we should watch out health and life conditions of middle age as well as the aged after the large-scale disaster.