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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
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(Source: Time Almanac 2002)
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