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Mortality Rates of American Wars -Part 3
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For the ease of reading, I have divided this subject into three chapters. The three chapters cover:

  • Some interesting history of these wars

  • Graphs of the mortality rates of American wars

  • Statistics used to make the graphs



  • General Statistics of American Wars

    Name of

    the War

    Year

    Battle

    deaths

    Non-battle

    deaths

    Total # of soldiers

    American

    Population

    American

    Revolution

    1775-1783

    4,435

    217,000

    2,500,000

    War of 1812

    1812-1815

    2,260

    286,730

    7,300,000

    Indian Wars

    1817-1898

    1,000

    106,000

    17,000,000

    Mexican Wars

    1846-1848

    1,733

    11,550

    78,718

    23,000,000

    Civil War

    -Union

    1861-1865

    140,414

    224,097

    2,213,363

    22,000,000

    Civil War –

    Confederate

    1861-1865

    74,524

    59,297

    1,050,000

    9,000,000

    (including 4 million slaves)

    Spanish

    American War

    1898-1899

    385

    2,061

    306,760

    76,000,000

    World War 1

    1917-1918

    53,402

    63,114

    4,734,991

    100,000,000

    World War 2

    1940-1945

    291,557

    113,842

    16,112,566

    135,000,000

    Korean War

    1950-1953

    33,686

    20,560

    5,720,000

    155,000,000

    Vietnam War

    1964-1975

    47,410

    42,788

    9,200,000

    200,000,000

    Gulf War

    1990-1991

    148

    1,149

    2,322,332

    250,000,000

    TOTAL:

    650,954

    243,524

    42,348,460

      

     

      

      

    Deaths (%) compared to soldiers and U.S. population

    Name of the War

    Percentage of deaths compared to the total number of soldiers (%)

    Percentage of deaths compared to the U.S. population (%)

    American Revolution

    2.04

    0.1774

    War of 1812

    0.79

    0.0310

    Indian Wars

    0.94

    0.0059

    Mexican Wars

    16.87

    0.0578

    Civil War -Union

    16.47

    1.6568

    Civil War -Confederates

    12.74

    1.4869

    Spanish American War

    0.80

    0.0032

    World War 1

    2.46

    0.1165

    World War 2

    2.52

    0.3003

    Korean War

    0.95

    0.0350

    Vietnam War

    0.98

    0.0451

    Gulf War

    0.06

    0.0005

        

        

        

     

    Post Vietnam Combat Casualties

    Conflict

    Year

    Combat Deaths

    Lebanon

    1982-1984

    254

    Grenada

    1983

    18

    Libya

    1986

    2

    Panama

    1989-1990

    23

    Somalia

    1992-1993

    29

      

      

      

     

      

    Deaths of POWs

    War

    # of POWs

    Died while a POW

    Percentage

    WWI

    4,120

    147

    3.6%

    WW2

    130,201

    14,072

    10.8%

    Korea

    7,140

    2,701

    37.8%

    Vietnam

    772

    144

    18.7%

    Persian Gulf

    23

    0

    0.0%

    Somalia

    1

    0

    0.0%

      

       

      

      

    The Number of Soldiers killed each day

    Name of

    the War

    Beginning

    End

    # of days

    # of deaths per day

    American

    Revolution

    July 4, 1776

    Sept. 3, 1783

    2,615

    1.7

    War of 1812

    June 18, 1812

    Dec. 24, 1814

    887

    2.6

    Civil War -U

    April 12, 1861

    April 9, 1865

    1,457

    96.4

    Civil War -C

    April 12, 1861

    April 9, 1865

    1,457

    51.2

    Spanish

    American War

    April 25, 1898

    Dec. 10, 1898

    259

    1.5

    World War 1

    April 6, 1917

    Nov. 11, 1918

    404

    132.2

    World War 2

    Dec. 7, 1941

    Sept. 2, 1945

    1,365

    213.6

    Korean War

    June 25, 1950

    July 27, 1953

    1,128

    29.9

    Vietnam War

    Aug. 2, 1964

    Jan. 27, 1973

    3,098

    15.3

    Gulf War

    Aug. 2, 1990

    April 6, 1991

    248

    0.6

         

          

         

         

    The % of soldiers served compared to the U.S. Population

    War

    % of U.S. pop

    # of soldier

    U.S. Population

    American Revolution

    8.68

    217,000

    2,500,000

    War of 1812

    3.93

    286,730

    7,300,000

    Indian Wars

    0.62

    106,000

    17,000,000

    Mexican Wars

    0.34

    78,718

    23,000,000

    Civil War -U

    10.06

    2,213,363

    22,000,000

    Civil War -C

    11.67

    1,050,000

    9,000,000

    Spanish American War

    0.40

    306,760

    76,000,000

    World War 1

    4.73

    4,734,991

    100,000,000

    World War 2

    11.94

    16,112,566

    135,000,000

    Korean War

    3.69

    5,720,000

    155,000,000

    Vietnam War

    4.60

    9,200,000

    200,000,000

    Gulf War

    0.93

    2,322,332

    250,000,000

     

     

     

     

    U.S. Population from 1610 to 2000

    Year

    Population

    1610

    350

    1620

    2,300

    1630

    4,600

    1640

    26,600

    1650

    50,400

    1660

    75,100

    1670

    111,900

    1680

    151,500

    1690

    210,400

    1700

    250,900

    1710

    331,700

    1720

    466,200

    1730

    629,400

    1740

    905,600

    Year

    Population

    1750

    1,170,800

    1760

    1,593,600

    1770

    2,148,100

    1780

    2,780,400

    1790

    3,929,214

    1800

    5,308,483

    1810

    7,239,881

    1820

    9,638,453

    1830

    12,866,020

    1840

    17,069,453

    1850

    23,191,876

    1860

    31,443,321

    1870

    39,818,449

      

    Year

    Population

    1880

    50,155,783

    1890

    62,947,714

    1900

    75,994,575

    1910

    91,972,266

    1920

    105,710,620

    1930

    122,775,046

    1940

    131,669,275

    1950

    150,697,361

    1960

    179,323,175

    1970

    203,302,031

    1980

    226,545,805

    1990

    248,709,873

    2000

    281,421,906

     

     

     

    (Source: Time Almanac 2002)

     


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