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Worldwide War Deaths Underestimated
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 "Even though the data on war deaths is not very good, it is much better . . . in poor developing countries -- where virtually all wars now are -- than it was 10 or 20 years ago," Garfield said.
However, all deaths because of war are not being counted, Garfield said, since even Obermeyer's team left out the more indirect deaths from starvation, infectious disease and other illnesses, and forms of injury not directly linked to armed combat.
"We are counting more of the violent deaths, but we only irregularly address indirect deaths, which may be far greater than combatant deaths," he added.
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The Iraq Coalition Casualty Count offers their tally of lives lost in the current Iraq conflict on their Web site.
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Last updated 6/20/2008
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SOURCES: Ziad Obermeyer, M.Phil., research scientist, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston; Richard Garfield, Dr.PH., professor of clinical international nursing, Columbia University, New York City; June 20, 2008, online edition, British Medical Journal
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