(UFU - 2019 - 2 FASE)Marias True TollBy Anna Grove

(UFU - 2019 - 2ª FASE)

Maria’s True Toll
By Anna Groves Hurricane Maria devasted Puerto Rico in September 2017. The following December, the U.S. territory’s local government reported an official death count of 64, while an analysis by the New York Times suggested the storm claimed more than 1,000 lives. To determine how many lives Maria really took, the Puerto Rican government contracted with a team of independent analysts at George Washington University. They used the territory’s death records to find the typical death rate for each month before the hurricane, back to July 2010. They then used that information to predict how many people normally would have died in fall 2017 and compared that with the number of deaths reported after Maria. They also analyzed how the storm affected different demographic groups on the island and found that men who were age 65 and older and living in the least developed areas died at disproportionately higher rates due to Maria. In total, Maria as responsible for 2,975 deaths – more than Hurricane Katrina, which claimed 1,833 lives among the northern Gulf Coast in 2005.

Discover magazine. March 2019. Slightly edited.

RESPONDA A QUESTÃO EM PORTUGUÊS. RESPOSTAS EM INGLÊS NÃ O SERÃO ACEITAS.

Based on the text, answer the following questions.

A) Why did the Puerto Rican government contract a team of independent analysts?

B) Compare the number of deaths between men and women or the number of deaths of men in the least developed areas with those living in more developed cities.