The UNISDR’s early assessment of disaster trends across Asia for 2012 shows that flood event mortality has declined, but economic losses remained significant. Asia is the most disaster-prone region in the world, with 36% of worldwide reported disasters occurring there from 2000-2011. According to UNISDR, floods were the most common and economically significant type of disaster in Asia in 2012, responsible for 54% of the death toll and 56% of economic damages, which totaled US$ 15.1 billion. This represented a relative reduction in the number of people killed by disasters in the region, but the UNISDR notes that economic losses continued to rise.