Hurricane Ivan took the lives of twenty-eight persons, of which 30 % were due to trauma to the head and chest, attributed directly to the hurricane. The majority or 69 % of the
victims were males, and 70 % of all deceased were over 60 years old.
Vulnerability of Women and Children
Male headed households account for some 52% of the households in Grenada and
females 48%, but among the poor the situation is reversed, female headship accounts for
52% of the households. The living conditions and capacities of the head of household is

Since Hurricane Maria 1,862 persons are in 63 shelters, observational evidence suggests that there is a
predominance of women, elderly persons, and children in the shelters. Site visits indicate that elderly women

Of the 5,885 people in the survey (with known age and sex) 254 (4.3 %) were reported injured (Table 13).
This gives an estimated number of 5,953 cases of injury for the whole population of the island.