Hurricane exposure items compared by responder status
| Hurricane exposure items | Community members (n=1294) | Responders (n=354) | P value | ||
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Family member missing | 41 | 3.2 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.002 |
| Friend missing | 46 | 3.6 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.001 |
| Life was in danger | 201 | 15.5 | 110 | 31.1 | <0.001 |
| Physically harmed | 40 | 3.1 | 18 | 5.1 | 0.071 |
| Life of family member(s) in danger | 180 | 13.9 | 14 | 4.0 | <0.001 |
| Evacuated quickly with no time to prepare | 205 | 15.8 | 5 | 1.4 | <0.001 |
| Prolonged separation from family | 138 | 10.7 | 16 | 4.5 | <0.001 |
| Pet missing or dead | 49 | 3.8 | 11 | 3.1 | 0.545 |
| Vehicle loss | 188 | 14.5 | 27 | 7.6 | <0.001 |
| Loss of power/electricity | 950 | 73.4 | 309 | 87.3 | <0.001 |
| Great difficulty commuting to work/school due to transportation issues/gasoline shortage | 363 | 28.1 | 49 | 13.8 | <0.001 |
| Great difficulty accessing food for self/family | 265 | 20.5 | 13 | 3.7 | <0.001 |
| Did you experience flooding in your home caused by Hurricane Sandy? | 421 | 32.5 | 48 | 13.6 | <0.001 |
| Displaced from home | 514 | 39.7 | 53 | 15.0 | <0.001 |
| Someone in your family/friend was physically harmed | 100 | 7.7 | 41 | 11.6 | 0.022 |
| Disaster resulted in unemployment (self)/disaster resulted in unemployment (household) | 104 | 8.0 | 15 | 4.2 | 0.014 |
| Unable to access necessary medical care | 86 | 6.7 | 13 | 3.7 | 0.037 |
| Unable to access gasoline for vehicle | 287 | 22.2 | 219 | 61.9 | <0.001 |
| Witnessed death/injury (self or household)/witnessed death/injury (other; eg, neighbour) | 50 | 3.9 | 59 | 16.7 | <0.001 |
| Home damaged or destroyed | 416 | 32.2 | 81 | 22.9 | 0.001 |
Numbers may not add to total due to missing values in each characteristic. P value from Chi-square tests.