Ratio of the Dead to Wounded (D/W) Indicators and Associated Factors in Major Earthquakes of America from 1960 to 2011

Table 3

Scenarios for the D/W index distributed by tertiles for earthquakes from Central and South America subregions during the 1960–2011 period.

Central America subregion (D/W)
Min.	0.003 (1 D : 333 W)	Scenario 1; (1 D : 333 W–1 D : 19 W)
Tertile 1	0.052 (1 D : 19 W)		Scenario 2; (1 D : 18 W–1 D : 5 W)
Tertile 2	0.208 (1 D : 5 W)			Scenario 3; (1 D : 4 W–1 D : 2 W)
Max.	0.600 (1 D : 2 W)
Media	0.178 (1 D : 6 W)
Media (CI95%)	(0.038; 0.310)
Median	0.136 (1 D : 7 W)
STD	0.164 (1 D : 6 W)
Variance	0.027 (1 D : 37 W)
South America subregion (D/W)
Min.	0.011 (1 D : 91 W)	Scenario 1; (1 D : 91 W–1 D : 12 W)
Tertile 1	0.208 (1 D : 12 W)		Scenario 2; (1 D : 11 W–1 D : 4 W)
Tertile 2	0.246 (1 D : 4 W)			Scenario 3; (1 D : 4 W–1 D : 0.25 W)
Max	3,860 (1 D : 0.25 W)
Media	0.368 (1 D : 3 W)
Media (CI95%)	(0.099; 0.589)
Median	0.142 (1 D : 7 W)
STD	0.658 (1 D : 2 W)
Variance	0.433 (1 D : 2 W)