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The World Bank and Columbia University have developed a report on, and global database of, natural disaster "hotspots" (areas where the risk of natural disasters are particularly high). The report assesses two outcomes--mortality and economic losses--based on the global distribution of six hazards: earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, floods, drought, and cyclones. The database includes the sub-national geographic distribution of the six hazards, population, and economic productivity, as well as national-level hazard-related mortality and economic impacts. This presentation will describe the layers collected in the database, methods used in the integration of these layers, and summarize the results.