United States Conflict Stats
Definitions
- Terrorism > Global Terrorism Index: Score on Global Terrorism Index. A high value indicates that a country is affected by many terrorist incidents with a strong impact in terms of fatalities, injuries and damaged property.
- War > Gulf War > Coalition troops killed > Enemy action: Number of coalition troops killed by enemy action in the Gulf War 1990-1991.
- War > Gulf War > Coalition troops killed > Total: Number of coalition troops killed in the Gulf War 1990-1991 through enemy action, friendly fire or accidents.
- War > Gulf war > Coalition troops killed > Accident: Number of coalition troops killed in the Gulf War 1990-1991 through accidents.
- War > Syrian Civil War > Foreign civilians killed: Amount of civilians killed from each country due to the Syrian Civil War. Palestine had an estimated 700 civilians killed due to the civil war. Not included are Turkey, Iraq and Lebanon who lost 74, 47 and 42 civilians respectively. These numbers do not include foreign opposition fighters.
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War > World War I > Deaths as percent of population:
Deaths as % of population.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
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War > World War I > Direct civilian deaths:
Direct civilian deaths (military action).
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War > World War I > Military deaths:
Military deaths.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
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War > World War I > Military wounded:
Military wounded.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
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War > World War I > Total deaths:
Total deaths.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
- War > World War II > Civilian deaths by military and war crimes: Civilian deaths due to military activity and crimes against humanity.
- War > World War II > Deaths, percent of pre-war population: Deaths as % of 1939 population.
- War > World War II > Total deaths: Total deaths.
- Wars > World War I > Estimated gas casualties (non-fatal): Compares the estimated number of non-fatal casualties due to gas attacks during World War I. The figures have been provided by www.firstworldwar.com, whose author claims the site is not not academic, but rather geared towards general readership. Since sources are not provided for these particular figures, they may not be entirely accurate. You can check the estimated fatal victims here.
- Wars > World War I > Estimated gas fatalities per million people: Compares the estimated number of fatal casualties due to gas attacks during World War I. The figures have been provided by www.firstworldwar.com, whose author claims the site is not not academic, but rather geared towards general readership. Since sources are not provided for these particular figures, they may not be entirely accurate. You can check the estimated non-fatal victims here. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
SOURCES:
http://www.visionofhumanity.org/sites/default/files/2012_Global_Terrorism_Index_Report.pdf, Institute for Economics and Peace, p. 4 f.; Wikipedia: Gulf War (Coalition troops killed by country)
; Wikipedia: Gulf War (Coalition troops killed by country); Wikipedia: Casualties of the Syrian Civil War (Foreign civilians killed) ("Report: "1036 Palestinians Killed In Syria Since Mach 2011 " " . Imemc.org . Retrieved 2013-08-30 . AP Interview: Chief of UN aid agency says Syria fighting has uprooted most Palestinians there); Wikipedia: World War I casualties (Casualties by 1914 borders); Wikipedia: World War II casualties (The estimated breakdown for each Soviet Republic of total war dead is as follows); Wikipedia: World War II casualties (Total deaths); Wikipedia: Chemical weapons in World War I (Estimated gas casualties) (Duffy, Michael (August 22, 2009). "Weapons of War - Poison Gas" . firstworldwar.com . Retrieved 2009-10-25 ); Wikipedia: Chemical weapons in World War I (Estimated gas casualties) (Duffy, Michael (August 22, 2009). "Weapons of War - Poison Gas" . firstworldwar.com . Retrieved 2009-10-25 ). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.
