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Descriptor English: Social Vulnerability Index
Descriptor Spanish: Índice de Vulnerabilidad Social
Descriptor índice de vulnerabilidad social
Scope note: Datos que ayudan en la identificación de las comunidades que pueden necesitar apoyo para prepararse para los peligros o recuperarse de desastres. La vulnerabilidad social se refiere a la resistencia de las comunidades cuando se enfrentan a tensiones externas en la salud humana, tensiones tales como desastres naturales o causados por el hombre o brotes de enfermedades. Reducir la vulnerabilidad social puede disminuir tanto el sufrimiento humano como la pérdida económica. (Traducción libre del original: https://www.cdc.gov/socialdeterminants/data/index.htm)
Descriptor Portuguese: Índice de Vulnerabilidade Social
Descriptor French: Indice de Vulnérabilité Sociale
Tree number(s): SP2.770.417.596
SP5.467.522.166.433
Scope note: Data that helps in the identification of communities that may need support in preparing for hazards or recovering from disasters. Social vulnerability refers to the resilience of communities when confronted by external stresses on human health, stresses such as natural or human-caused disasters, or disease outbreaks. Reducing social vulnerability can decrease both human suffering and economic loss. (https://www.cdc.gov/socialdeterminants/data/index.htm)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
History Note: 2019
DeCS ID: 57933
Unique ID: DDCS057933
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Social Vulnerability Index - Preferred
Concept UI FD00062204
Scope note Data that helps in the identification of communities that may need support in preparing for hazards or recovering from disasters. Social vulnerability refers to the resilience of communities when confronted by external stresses on human health, stresses such as natural or human-caused disasters, or disease outbreaks. Reducing social vulnerability can decrease both human suffering and economic loss. (https://www.cdc.gov/socialdeterminants/data/index.htm)
Preferred term Social Vulnerability Index



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