NOLA Death Toll: 1076

NOLA.com reports the death toll as of today for NOLA is 1076. As the demographic breakdown below is only for about 1/3 of the dead it seems pre-mature to draw anything from the stats. It remains to be seen if any of this will stand after all bodies are recovered and processed.

At this time, state officials, [Loiusiana only] working in conjunction with coroners from local parishes, have recovered 1,076 bodies. This is an increase from 1,074 recovered bodies reported on Nov. 9, 2005.

St. Gabriel Morgue Facility Totals:
883 – Total bodies examined at the morgue
358 – Released to Families
155 – Ready to be released; attempting to locate family members
49 – Identified; awaiting autopsy
321 – Identity unknown

Demographic Breakdown of the 338 Storm-Related Deaths:

Race:
African-American - 161 bodies (48% of total)
Caucasian – 160 bodies (47%)
Hispanic – 12 (2%)
Native American – 2
unknown – 3 (3% combined)

Gender:
170 males (51%)
168 females (49%)

Parish of Residence:
Jefferson – 20 (6%)
Orleans – 254 (75%)
St. Bernard – 51 (15%)
unknown – 6 (2%)
East Baton Rouge – 1
Lafayette – 1
St. Tammany – 1
Washington – 1
Plaquemines – 2
out of state – 1 (2% for all combined.)

After going through the list of the 338 identified victims I determined that 76% were 60 years of age or older.