Disasters in Germany and France: An Analysis of the Emergency Events Database From a Pediatric Perspective.

Objective: The objective of this study was to conduct comprehensive analyses of disaster patterns for Germany and France from a pediatric perspective.

Methods: An analysis of the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT), epidemiological database with standard methods of descriptive and comparative statistics respecting the strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology (STROBE) criteria, was performed.

Results: Between 2006 and 2016, there were 41 and 42 disasters in Germany and France claiming 259 and 4973 lives, respectively.