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Characteristics of casualties in the Vietnam and Iraq wars |
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| Characteristic |
Vietnam (n = 58,193) |
Iraq (n = 4106) |
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| Age in years (median) |
21 |
24 |
| Men |
100% |
98% |
| White |
86% |
75% |
| United States Army |
66% |
72% |
| United States Marine Corps |
25% |
24% |
| Enlisted personnel |
86% |
91% |
| Hostile death |
81% |
81% |
| Ratio of wounded to dead |
2.6/1 |
7.5/1 |
Maynard Population Health Metrics 2009 7:1 doi:10.1186/1478-7954-7-1 |
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