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HOUSTON, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Forty percent of New Orleans evacuees now in Houston say they could not evacuate because they were unable to leave or cared for someone who could not leave.
The Washington Post, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health conducted a survey of evacuees in Houston shelters and found 14 percent of Hurricane Katrina evacuees report a family member, neighbor or friend was killed by the hurricane or the subsequent flooding.
Two-thirds of those evacuated to Houston shelters used hospital or clinics as their main source of healthcare before the hurricane.
Thirty-three percent report experiencing health problems or injuries as a result of the hurricane, while 41 percent report chronic health conditions such as heart disease, hypertension, diabetes and asthma.
Forty-nine percent of the evacuees said they were supposed to be taking prescription medications, but of those, 29 percent report having problems getting the prescription drugs they need.
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