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US military death stats in Iraq
By MONIKA MATHUR -- Associated Press Writer (Published March 23‚ 2008) A closer look at US military deaths in Iraq: -Percentages by service branch: Army: 72 percent; Marines: 24 percent; Navy: 2 percent; Air Force: 1 percent (Coast Guard had one death.) -Percentages by service force: Active duty: 83 percent; National Guard: 10 percent; Reserve: 6 percent. -Percent who died since President Bush declared major combat ended: 97 percent -Months with the most deaths since the start of the war: November 2004: 137; April 2004: 135; May 2007: 126; December 2006: 112; January 2005: 107 -Iraq provinces with most deaths since the start of war: Baghdad: 1,107; Anbar: 1,099; Salaheddin: 512; Nineveh: 220; Diyala: 135 -Percent of deaths that were non-hostile: 18 percent -Number who died of illness: 66 -Percent who were officers: 9 percent -Number older than 45 years: 83 -Number who were age 18: 33 -Number of women: 98 -Percent of the dead who were women: 2 percent -Percentages by ethnic group: White: 75 percent; Hispanic or Latino: 11 percent; Black or African American: 9 percent; Asian: 2 percent; multiple races, pending, or unknown: 1 percent; American Indian or Alaska Native: 1 percent; Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 1 percent -Number from California, the most of any home state: 429 -Number from Wyoming, least of any home state: 12 (Washington, D.C.: 6 deaths) -Number from Texas: 370 -Number from New York state: 173 -Number from Puerto Rico: 33 -Percent from the South (region according to US Census Bureau): 36 percent -Percent from the Northeast: (region according to US Census Bureau): 15 percent -Highest deaths per capita (based on U.S. Census population estimates): Vermont, 3.22; Nebraska, 2.42, Alaska, 2.34; Montana and Wyoming, 2.30; South Dakota, 2.26 |
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