So many people, especially the elderly, die after the events because of stress, sickness, suicide, and others. We call this a disaster-related death. The Kobe earthquake became the trigger to notice this. Over 1,126 people were reported as dead, not by direct effects of the earthquake. They were old and easy to get sick, which became worse with the circumstances around them, such as cold weather, insanitary situations, and private matters after the disaster. They had stressful conditions. They worried about their future, which they could not see. 3,472 people (2016.3.31)* were reported as dead, disaster-related deaths, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami disaster in 2011.

* The disaster-related death number from the 2011 tsunami is still increasing.

http://www.reconstruction.go.jp/topics/main-cat2/sub-cat2-6/20160630_kanrenshi.pdf

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