Deceased Katrina Victims Released to Families 12-13-2005
December 13, 2005:
Updated Number of Deceased Victims Recovered Following Hurricane Katrina
Recovered Bodies – At this time, state officials, working in conjunction with coroners from local parishes, have recovered 1,094 bodies. This is a decrease from the 1,098 recovered bodies reported on Dec. 9, 2005. The number decreased because some bodies at the Victim Identification Center in Carville were inadvertently counted twice in the DMORT database, which altered last week’s count.
Victim Identification Center (Carville) Totals:
901 – Total bodies examined at the morgue
* decreased from 905 last week because some bodies were inadvertently counted twice
523 – Released to Families
165 – Ready to be released; attempting to locate family members
2 – Identified; not ready for release
211 – Identity unknown (decreased from 247 on 12/9/2005.)
Released Bodies – Last week, LDH reported 511 bodies had been released to families. Today, that number has been updated to 523 released bodies (see attachment.)
500 – Storm-related deaths
23 – Medical examiner cases not storm-related
Demographic Breakdown of the 500 Storm-Related Deaths:
Race: African-American - 249 bodies (49% of total); Asian-Pacific – 2 (1%); Caucasian – 234 bodies (47%); Hispanic – 13 (2%); Native American – 2 (1%).
Gender: 252 males (51%), 248 females (49%).
Parish of Residence: Jefferson – 26, Orleans – 369, Plaquemines – 2, St. Bernard – 93,
St. Tammany – 2, Washington – 1, unknown – 3, out of state – 2, St. John – 1, East Baton Rouge – 1.
Deceased Victims Reported by Other Parish Coroners:
Ascension – 9 Assumption – 3
East Baton Rouge – 72 Iberia – 6
Jefferson – 30 Lafourche – 2
Livingston – 5 Plaquemines – 3
St. Charles – 8 St. Tammany – 7
Tangipahoa – 26 Terrebonne – 19
West Baton Rouge – 3