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Descriptor English:   Famine 
Descriptor Spanish:   Hambruna 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Fome Epidêmica 
Tree Number:   J01.576.423.750.500
Definition English:   The conditions when at least 20 per cent of households in an area face extreme food shortages with a limited ability to cope; acute malnutrition rates exceed 30 per cent; and the death rate exceeds two persons per day per 10,000 persons. (From news.un.org/en/story/2011/07/382342-when-food-security-crisis-becomes-famine) 
See Related English:   Hunger
Starvation
 
History Note English:   2020; 1986-2019 use STARVATION 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
CL classification EC economics
ES ethics EH ethnology
HI history LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PC prevention & control PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data TD trends
Record Number:   59292 
Unique Identifier:   D000079685 

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