Facts

People with disabilities, women and girls, children, poor people, people of color, and other multiply marginalized people face a disproportionate impact in disasters, emergencies, and crises.

• People with disabilities are 2-to-4 times more likely to die or be injured in conflict situations and natural disasters than people without disabilities.
• People with disabilities make up 16% of the world population.
  • In the U.S. people with disabilities make up 27% of the nation’s population.
• Women and children are 14 times more likely to die during a disaster than men.
• More than 70 percent of women have experienced gender-based violence in some crisis settings.
• Women make up 49.58% of the world population.
• Women with disabilities are more likely to be discriminated against than men with disabilities and women without disabilities.
• During Hurricane Katrina, Black people were 1.7 to 4 times more likely to die than white people.
• After a natural disaster, white people accumulate more wealth while residents of color accumulate less wealth.