WHO Flood Impact Data for Pakistan with Health and Mortality Indicators

A dataset from Médecins Sans Frontières detailing the impact of major floods in Pakistan. The floods affected 20 million people across 78 districts, killed 1800 individuals, and damaged or destroyed about 2 million homes and 514 health facilities. The data also includes pre-crisis health indicators, such as a maternal mortality rate of 230 per 100,000 live births and an under-5 mortality rate of 89 per 1000 live births.

Use Cases

• Assessing disaster scale and infrastructure damage based on reported counts of affected people, homes, and health facilities.
• Modeling pre-existing health vulnerabilities based on maternal and under-5 mortality rates.
• Analyzing socioeconomic disparities in crisis impact based on mentions of affected low-income quintiles.
• Evaluating relief coordination based on mentions of government, military, and international agency involvement.

Strengths

• Provides specific, quantified impact figures, including 20 million affected people and 1800 fatalities.
• Includes pre-crisis baseline health metrics, such as a maternal mortality rate of 230 per 100,000.
• Describes the geographic scale of the disaster, covering 78 districts and an area the size of England.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Médecins Sans Frontières

Collection Method

Likely compiled from field reports and official statistics during relief operations.

Time Range

Covers a major flood event, with context from prior events like the 2005 earthquake.

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Pakistan, specifically 78 affected districts and the Afghan border region.