About half of victims of this earthquake were elderly people with sixty-five years old or more. This means that elderly people are physically weak in protecting themselves from disaster. At the same time, it suggests that the aging society of Tohoku has already advanced. Fig.1 and Fig.2 show the distribution of population and percentage of people with 65 years old or more by municipality in Tohoku in 2005, respectively. Although there are several agglomerations of population especially in th
About half of victims of this earthquake were elderly people with sixty-five years old or more. This means that elderly people are physically weak in protecting themselves from disaster. At the same time, it suggests that the aging society of Tohoku has already advanced. Fig.1 and Fig.2 show the distribution of population and percentage of people with 65 years old or more by municipality in Tohoku in 2005, respectively. Although there are several agglomerations of population especially in th