October 14, 2005 Deceased Victims Update 10-14-2005October 14, 2005: Updated Number of Deceased Victims Recovered Following Hurricane Katrina

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 These numbers have been reported to state officials by local coroners. A breakdown is as follows:

 842 are at the morgue in St. Gabriel

 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

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 The demographic breakdown of the deceased is as follows: African-American - 58 bodies (44% of total), Caucasian – 62 bodies (47%), Hispanic – 4 (3%), unknown – 8 (6%).

 Gender: 65 males (49%), 67 females (51%).

 Parish of Residence: Jefferson – 13 (10%), Orleans – 85 (64%), Plaquemines – 1 (1%), St. Bernard – 13 (10%), Washington – 1 (1%), unknown – 18 (14%), out of state – 1 (1%).

 

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Surgeon General Ralph L. Abraham, M.D.

Secretary Bruce D. Greenstein

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