November 09, 2005 Deceased Katrina Victims Released to Families 11-9-2005November 9, 2005: Updated Number of Deceased Victims Recovered Following Hurricane Katrina

BATON ROUGE, Nov 09, 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 1,074 bodies. This is an increase from 1,070 recovered bodies reported on Nov. 4, 2005.
 

St. Gabriel Morgue Facility Totals:
881 – Total bodies examined at the morgue

304 – Released to Families

236 – Ready to be released; attempting to locate family members

  13 – Identified; awaiting autopsy

328 – Identity unknown

Released Bodies – Last week, LDH reported 284 bodies had been released to families. Today, that number has been updated to 304 released bodies (see attachment.)
287 – Storm-related deaths

  17 – Medical examiner cases not storm-related 

Demographic Breakdown of the 287 Storm-Related Deaths:
Race: African-American - 140 bodies (49% of total); Caucasian – 133 bodies (46%);

Hispanic – 10 (3%); Native American – 1, unknown – 3 (2% combined.)

Gender: 145 males (51%), 142 females (49%).

Parish of Residence: Jefferson – 20 (7%); Orleans – 217 (76%); St. Bernard – 38 (13%); unknown – 5 (2%); East Baton Rouge – 1, Lafayette – 1, St. Tammany – 1,Washington – 1, Plaquemines – 2, out of state – 1 (2% for all combined.)

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

* LDH is currently compiling statistics from other Louisiana parishes and from other states. This information will be updated at a later date.