Alexis Santos, a Puerto Rican demographer at Penn State who conducted his own analysis of mortality following the hurricane, told Vox the studys methodology was consistent with how other scholars have tried to measure the death toll.
Date: May 29, 2018
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Puerto Rico, still reeling from Hurricane Maria, faces major challenges
mber of deaths after Maria. According to Alexis Santos, director of graduate studies in applied demography at Pennsylvania State University who has studied the daily mortality data from the Puerto Rico government, says there were approximately 1,000 more deaths on the island in the month after Maria.
Date: Mar 18, 2018
Category: World
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Exodus from Puerto Rico grows as island struggles to rebound from Hurricane Maria
Pennsylvania State University demographer Alexis Santos said it is difficult to measure the magnitude of the outflow without also considering people like Rodrguez, the musician, who expect to return.
Date: Mar 07, 2018
Category: World
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Puerto Rico asks university to review possible Hurricane Maria deaths
Other academics praised the hiring of outside experts. The review is "a step in the right direction," although there's already ample evidence to suggest Puerto Rico is undercounting deaths, said Alexis Santos, a demographer at Penn State University.
Date: Feb 23, 2018
Category: World
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4 million people lost power, along with hospitals and clinics, and water supplies were contaminated by hurricane damage. But getting an accurate fatality count "is not a vanity exercise," Alexis Santos at Penn State's graduate program in applied demography tells The New York Times. "Effective assess