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In our sample during 1 month after the heavy rain in Hanoi that led to flooding, seven deaths were reported, three from Nam P. Tien, two from Thinh Liet, and one death occurred in each less affected commune.
With regards to pink eye, the number of respondents mentioned that his/her family member ever having pink eye was quite low, about 4% in both the affected and less affected commune in urban area of Hanoi, these proportions were a bit higher in rural areas of Hanoi (14.4% in Dong Son and 22.4% in Nam P. Tien).
The self-reported number of deaths and injuries reported in this study within 1 month after the heavy rainfall were a bit higher in severely affected communes as compared to that of the less affected communes of our study.
Ninety percent of the respondents from the two severely affected communes and 50% of those from the less affected communes mentioned that daily routine work was affected subsequent to the flood.
These proportions in two less affected communes were significantly lower with 64.3% in Dong Son and 45.5% in Thanh Tri.
There were no statistically significant differences in the proportion of dengue cases in flood affected and less affected communes.
The proportion of people in the two less affected communes who had to migrate due to flooding was very low (1.6% in Dong Son and 2.3% in Thanh Tri).
Amongst the less affected communes in Dong Son and Thanh Tri, about 66% of schools and 75% of school goers, respectively, said that school activities were affected by the rainfalls.
Only about one-third of those suffering in less affected communes said that their psychological problems got worse during and after the flood, while the percentage of people in severely affected communes (Nam P. Tien and Thinh Liet) with worsening psychological problem during and after the flood were 84.1 and 63.1%, respectively.
In less affected communes about 90% of people who ever had suffered from psychological problems were reported to have had experienced it before the heavy rains and the flooding, while these proportions in the two severely affected communes of Nam P. Tien and Thinh Liet were 72 and 50%, respectively.
