October 06, 2005 Deceased Victims 10-06-2005October 6, 2005: Updated Number of Deceased Victims Recovered Following Hurricane Katrina

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Oct 06, 2005 -

• At this time, state officials, working in conjunction with coroners from local parishes, have recovered 988 bodies. This is an increase from 976 recovered bodies on Oct. 5, 2005.

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

795 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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• A demographic breakdown of bodies in the St. Gabriel morgue is as follows: African-America – 40.8%, Caucasian – 35.3%, Hispanic – 0.4%, Asian/Pacific – 0.1%, Other – 0.5%, missing information – 22.8%.

• In most cases(62%), an age has not yet been determined, but the following ages are known: 0-5 – 1.2%, 16-20 – 0.13%, 21-30 – 0.54%, 31-40 – 1.34%, 41-50 – 4.69%, 51-60 – 6.16%, 61-75 – 9.91%, 75+ - 14.32%

• A full list of the names of the deceased who have been released to their family will be updated and provided Friday, Oct. 7, 2005

For a full listing of DMORT and Call Center Statistics, click here.