Casualties
Estimates of the number of dead range from 30,000 to as many as 100,000.[54][55] The vast

 majority of casualties were Haitian civilians, though a large number of foreigners were injured or killed. While most of those killed were poor residents of Port-au-Prince, a number of public figures died in the earthquake, including government officials, clergy members, musicians, and foreign civilian and military personnel working with the United Nations.

Huge damages
The earthquake struck in the most populated area of the country and the International Red Cross
has stated that as many as 3 million people have been affected by the quake.[6] One factor that compounded the number casualties in the early days of the earthquake was a lack of medical and rescue infrastructure and personnel. Medical facilities had been badly damaged in the earthquake and both Haitian and foreign medical staff, police, and military personnel themselves became victims of the earthquake