Estimated annual deaths and damages (in current and constant 1992 dollars) related to hurricanes in the United States 1900-1995. Dollars adjusted for inflation using a construction consumer price index.
The Deadliest, Costliest, and Most Intense Hurricanes of this Century (and other Frequently Requested Hurricne Facts) NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS TPC-I.
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| YEAR |
DEATHS |
Unadjusted |
Adjusted |
YEAR |
DEATHS |
Unadjusted |
Adjusted
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1900
|
8000
|
30
|
790
|
1948
|
3
|
18
|
113
|
|
1901
|
10
|
1
|
26
|
1949
|
4
|
59
|
370
|
|
1902
|
0
|
Minor
|
Minor
|
1950
|
19
|
36
|
222
|
|
1903
|
15
|
1
|
26
|
1951
|
0
|
2
|
11
|
|
1904
|
5
|
2
|
53
|
1952
|
3
|
16
|
16
|
|
1905
|
0
|
Minor
|
Minor
|
1953
|
2
|
6
|
33
|
|
1906
|
298
|
3
|
79
|
1954
|
193
|
756
|
4180
|
|
1907
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1955
|
218
|
985
|
5348
|
|
1908
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1956
|
19
|
27
|
139
|
|
1909
|
406
|
8
|
211
|
1957
|
400
|
152
|
758
|
|
1910
|
30
|
1
|
26
|
1958
|
2
|
11
|
55
|
|
1911
|
17
|
1
|
26
|
1959
|
24
|
23
|
116
|
|
1912
|
1
|
Minor
|
Minor
|
1960
|
65
|
396
|
2006
|
|
1913
|
5
|
3
|
79
|
1961
|
46
|
414
|
2102
|
|
1914
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1962
|
3
|
2
|
10
|
|
1915
|
550
|
63
|
1660
|
1963
|
10
|
12
|
59
|
|
1916
|
107
|
33
|
723
|
1964
|
49
|
515
|
2564
|
|
1917
|
5
|
Minor
|
Minor
|
1965
|
75
|
1445
|
6996
|
|
1918
|
34
|
5
|
71
|
1966
|
54
|
15
|
70
|
|
1919
|
287
|
22
|
278
|
1967
|
18
|
200
|
900
|
|
1920
|
2
|
3
|
30
|
1968
|
9
|
10
|
43
|
|
1921
|
6
|
3
|
38
|
1969
|
256
|
1421
|
5647
|
|
1922
|
360
|
0
|
0
|
1970
|
11
|
434
|
1699
|
|
1923
|
0
|
Minor
|
Minor
|
1971
|
8
|
213
|
747
|
|
1924
|
2
|
Minor
|
Minor
|
1972
|
122
|
2100
|
6924
|
|
1925
|
6
|
Minor
|
Minor
|
1973
|
5
|
3
|
9
|
|
1926
|
269
|
112
|
1415
|
1974
|
1
|
150
|
396
|
|
1927
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1975
|
21
|
490
|
1191
|
|
1928
|
1836
|
25
|
315
|
1976
|
9
|
100
|
233
|
|
1929
|
3
|
1
|
12
|
1977
|
0
|
10
|
22
|
|
1930
|
0
|
Minor
|
Minor
|
1978
|
36
|
20
|
38
|
|
1931
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1979
|
22
|
3045
|
5210
|
|
1932
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1980
|
2
|
300
|
463
|
|
1933
|
63
|
47
|
701
|
1981
|
0
|
25
|
36
|
|
1934
|
17
|
5
|
68
|
1982
|
0
|
Minor
|
Minor
|
|
1935
|
414
|
12
|
163
|
1983
|
22
|
2000
|
2751
|
|
1936
|
9
|
2
|
28
|
1984
|
30
|
66
|
88
|
|
1937
|
0
|
Minor
|
Minor
|
1985
|
30
|
4000
|
5197
|
|
1938
|
600
|
306
|
3884
|
1986
|
9
|
17
|
21
|
|
1939
|
3
|
Minor
|
Minor
|
1987
|
0
|
8
|
10
|
|
1940
|
51
|
5
|
66
|
1988
|
6
|
9
|
11
|
|
1941
|
10
|
8
|
98
|
1989
|
56
|
7670
|
8640
|
|
1942
|
8
|
27
|
286
|
1990
|
13
|
57
|
63
|
|
1943
|
16
|
17
|
169
|
1991
|
16
|
1500
|
1637
|
|
1944
|
64
|
165
|
1641
|
1992
|
24
|
26500
|
28687
|
|
1945
|
7
|
80
|
773
|
1993
|
4
|
57
|
59
|
|
1946
|
0
|
5
|
41
|
1994
|
38
|
973
|
973
|
|
1947
|
53
|
136
|
935
|
1995
|
29
|
3723
|
3582
|
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