Iraq By The Numbers
Local Matters
By Ken Picard [11.01.05]
U.S. fatalities in Iraq:
2026
U.S. soldiers wounded in combat:
about 15,220
Soldiers injured too seriously to return to duty:
about 7100
Percentage of National Guard or Army Reserve fatalities:
30
Iraqi civilians killed since March 2003, according to the British group, The Iraq Body Count:
26,797-30,163
Iraqi casualties per day in 2004, on average, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies:
40
Iraqi casualties per day in 2005, on average:
50
Dollars the U.S. spends in Iraq each second:
$11,000
Casualty figures as of October 31, 2005; compiled by Ken Picard