[lbo-talk] Iraq GI death demographics

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Mar 24 05:24:05 PDT 2008


[also from Mike Allen - the racial/ethnic breakdown is at odds with the standard left analysis] Some stats from AP:

-Percentages of all casualties by service branch: Army: 72 percent; Marines: 24 percent; Navy: 2 percent; Air Force: 1 percent (Coast Guard had one death.)

-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

-Percentage killed by an improvised explosive device: 44 percent in 2007; 55 percent to date in 2008

-Percent who were officers: 9 percent

-Number older than 45 years: 83

-Number who were age 18: 33

-Number of women: 98

-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

-Percent from the South (region according to US Census Bureau): 36 percent



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