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Iraq casualties: which people are paying the biggest price?

Posted By lon_buzz On January 11, 2007 @ 9:26 pm In Events, News | Comments Disabled

Unquestionably, Iraq has suffered the largest death toll per 100,000 of population with 504 deaths based on a low end estimate of 53,101 deaths ^[1] from a population estimated by the CIA to be 26,783,383 ^[2]. However, you might be surprised by the people who follow. According to the US Marine Corps Times website ^[3], 10.4 American Samoans ^[4] per 100,000 of population (65,000) have lost their lives in the conflict compared, say, to 0.77 per 100,000 of the population of New York State, which has a population of nearly 19 million. That’s some sacrifice, especially when one considers that persons born in American Samoa are United States nationals, but not United States citizens ^[5]. Samoan is the fourth largest ethnic group ^[6] (20,730) in Auckland, following New Zealand European/pakeha (206,937), Chinese (30,285) and Maori (29,139).

Technorati Tags: Auckland ^[7], casualties ^[8], iraq ^[9], samoa ^[10]

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[1] low end estimate of 53,101 deaths: http://www.iraqbodycount.org/

[2] a population estimated by the CIA to be 26,783,383: https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/iz.html

[3] US Marine Corps Times website: http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/static.php?f=homeofrecord.php

[4] American Samoans: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Samoa

[5] persons born in American Samoa are United States nationals, but not United States citizens: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Samoa#Nationality

[6] ethnic group: http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/auckland/introduction/people/ethnicity.asp

[7] Auckland: http://www.technorati.com/tag/Auckland

[8] casualties: http://www.technorati.com/tag/casualties

[9] iraq: http://www.technorati.com/tag/iraq

[10] samoa: http://www.technorati.com/tag/samoa

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