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Hospitals were divided into three categories according to the severity of the damages by the Earthquake, and the average number of patients admitted to the hospitals were compared.

Hospitals that were severely damaged(A) had approximately 260 patients in their emergency rooms on the day of the Earthquake. In contrast with this, hospitals which were slightly damaged and collapsed temporarily(B) and hospitals which were not damaged(C) had only 90 and 60 patients in their emergency rooms, respectively.

Average number of hospital beds of the Group-A, B, and C are 140, 191, and 186. Note that hospital sizes were almost identical among three groups.

You will see that patients concentrated to the hospitals that were damaged more severely.