Casualties of the 2010 Haiti earthquake

See also: Humanitarian response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake

Main article: 2010 Haiti earthquake
A Haitian boy receives treatment at an MINUSTAH's logistics base

Casualties of the 2010 Haiti earthquake include both civilian and government officials, locals and foreigners – however the overwhelming majority of those killed and wounded in the quake were Haitian civilians. A number of public figures died in the earthquake, including government officials, clergy members, musicians, together with foreign civilian and military personnel working with the United Nations. On 15 January, the Red Cross estimated the death toll at between 45,000 and 50,000,[1] however by 24 January, Communications Minister Marie-Laurence Jocelyn Lassegue said the death toll was over 150,000 in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area alone.[2] Haitian president René Préval reported on 27 January that "nearly 170,000" bodies had been counted.[3]

On 21 February, Preval raised that estimate to 300,000.[4] In February, prime minister Jean-Max Bellerive estimated that 300,000 had been injured.[5] Speaking in Miami in June 2010, Bellerive also estimated the number of deaths had been 300,000.[6] On the first anniversary of the quake, Bellerive raised the death toll to 316,000. He said that was, in part, because of the recovery of additional bodies.[7] A University of Michigan study in 2010 estimated about 160,000 deaths.[8]

  1. ^ "Haiti earthquake death toll 'may be 50,000'". BBC News. 15 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Haiti tallies body count of 150,000". CBC News. 24 January 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Eighty-three UN staffers killed in Haiti". The Sydney Morning Herald. Agence France-Presse. 28 January 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  4. ^ Chris Dade (22 February 2010). "Haiti death toll possibly 300,000, PM praises U.S. aid". Digital Journal. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  5. ^ Clarens Renois (5 February 2010). "Haitians angry over slow aid". The Age. Melbourne. Archived from the original on 7 February 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  6. ^ Jacqueline Charles (16 June 2010). "Prime minister: Haiti needs help to rebuild". Miami Herald. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  7. ^ "Haitians recall 2010 quake "hell" as death toll raised". Reuters. 12 January 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Michigan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).