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After the tsunami so many people died, injured, physical problem, health problems, livelihood affected, damage house, boats, socio - economic conditions is affected. Drinking water is in very short supply in some area, due to contamination by polluted and salt water. The risk of disease increased substantially acute disease and chronic disease.The coastal area of Tamilnadu was mostly affected because of Tsunami. The most affected region is Nagapattinam district. So the study has taken the Nagapattinam District as the area. Out of which Vadakkupoyyur was selected as highly affected region and Prathabaramapuram is selected as less affected region. The objective of the study is to find the morbidity of (Prathabaramapuram ) less tsunami affected and (Vadakkupoyyur) high tsunami affected respondents in the study area. The total number of respondents selected for the study is 240. Out of which hundred and twenty samples are from highly tsunami affected village Vadakkupoyyur in Nagapattinam district and another 120 respondents are from less tsunami affected village Prathabaramapuram in Nagapattinam district. Among the highly tsunami affected village population and less tsunami affected village (Prathabaramapuram) population the study has taken 4 categories in such a way that the respondents are given equal weight age. In the tsunami affected area under different categories such as Fish Catches (F.C), Fish Sellers (F.S), Fish Catches Cum Government employees (Fc.G) and others (O) are explained. The acute diseases like malaria, dengue, jaundice and cholera. The chronic disease are diabetes , heart problem, leprosy, cancer, asthma.The immediate needs are enormous, as are the of the longer - term tasks such as rebuilding damaged infrastructure , and providing psychological support to the individuals and communities. The Primary Health Concerns are clean drinking water, food, shelter medical care for injuries.