Iraq 2004: the facts

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Iraqi casualties

Civilian death toll

(Different sources give different figures)

Iraqi Ministry of Health

3,853 for the period April-October 2004, of which 328 are women and children

Iraq Body Count

14,876 - 17,072 for the period March 2003 - December 2004 (counting what are described as war-related, strictly civilian deaths reported by the media or tallied by official bodies: hospitals, morgues, etc)

Iraq-based People's Kifah

27,000 for the period March 2003 - October 2004

US-based Brookings Institute

Up to 27,000 for the period March 2003 - August 2004

Lancet study

100,000 for the period January 2002 - March 2003 (estimated using data on births and deaths from 33 clusters of 30 households each across Iraq) According to the Lancet study the risk of deaths from any cause is two and a half times higher for Iraqi civilians after the 2003 invasion than in the preceding 15 months. The figure drops to one and a half times higher if data from Falluja is excluded

Iraqi Ministry of Health

Operations by US-led coalition forces and Iraqi police are killing twice as many Iraqis -- most of them civilians -- as attacks by insurgents

Civilian injuries:

13,720 for the period April - October 2004 (source: Iraqi Ministry of Health)

Military death toll:

About 1000 Iraqi policemen have been killed in clashes with insurgents (source: Iraqi Interior Minister Falah Al-Naqib, 21 December 2004)

Detainees:

More than 12,000 Iraqis have been detained since May 2003

70 to 90 per cent of those in custody in Iraq in 2003 had been arrested by mistake (source: International Committee of the Red Cross -- February 2004 report)

US casualties

Death toll:

From May 2003 - May 2004: 548

May - December 2004: 1443

(source: US Central Command)

Injuries:

From May 2003 - July 2004: 9,844

(source: US Department of Defence)

Other sources put the number at 15,000 - 20,000

(Based on the idea that the official number does not include soldiers who have been wounded or fallen ill during operations but were not direct victims of insurgent attacks)

As many as 9,651 US soldiers are currently being treated at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Centre in Germany for mental health problems

(source: UPI)