Characteristics of disaster‐related deaths and causal events from the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake: A one‐year descriptive study of public data from Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan

Disaster-related deaths due to this earthquake were similar to those during past disasters, and events related to the transportation of older adults highlighted the possibility that deaths may have accelerated. Healthcare providers and disaster policymakers should create systems that allow long-term, continuous healthcare for older adults at high risk of disaster-related deaths without transporting them from their communities to the degree possible.