The 2010 flooding in Pakistan caused at least 1985 deaths and 2946 injuries. Most of those deaths occurred within the first fourteen days. This was most likely because people drowned. 515 health facilities were also destroyed, making it more difficult for people to get the care they needed. Most of those health facilities were also located in rural areas and provided basic care for the people living there. There were 37,391,802 medical consultations in flood affected areas from July 29, 2010 to July 21, 2011. 23% of those consultations were for acute respiratory infection. This disease has flu like symptoms and increased only two weeks after the onset of the flood. 11% of the consultations were for various skin diseases, most likely caused by the rising dirty water. 9% were for acute diarrhoea and 6% were for suspected malaria. Other diseases treated were tetanus, meningitis, leishmaniasis, diphtheria, acute flaccid paralysis, and viral hemorrhagic fever. Most of those things were short term health issues but some may become long term if they go untreated or are difficult to treat. 10.1 million people required emergency food assistance after the flood and 3.6 million of those people will go on to need long term food assistance. 13.2 million people needed nutritional attention after the flooding and 2.8 million (14%) were under the age of 5. Obviously, people in Pakistan will struggle the most with malnutrition as a long term effect of flooding. In general, a person's pyschological health may be more affected than anything else long term after experiencing a flood. Victims of floods often report feeling depressed and isolated after a flood has destroyed almost all of their belongings.
Half of all deaths caused by natural disasters are a result of flooding.