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Iraq numbers

By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published January 1, 2007

The numbers are based on counts by the Defense Department and Associated Press. Most items are based on 2,988 deaths tallied by the Defense Department as of Dec. 28. The AP's count, which includes deaths reported by news staff in Iraq, has been consistently somewhat ahead of the Defense Department's. The percentages for minorities were last updated Dec. 2, 2006.

By the numbers

95 Percent who died since major combat ended.

62 Number of dead who were women.

26 Number who were 18 years old.

20 Percent who died nonhostile deaths.

By the numbers

2,861

Number who died since major combat ended April 30, 2003.

56

Number who died of illness.

44 percent

Percent killed by an improvised explosive device in the past year.

10 percent

Percent who were officers.

70

Number older than 45 years.

2 percent

Percent who were women.

72 percent

Percent who were white.

11 percent

Percent who were Hispanic or Latino.

9 percent

Percent who were black or African-American.

2 percent

Percent who were Asian

1 percent

Percent who were American Indian or Alaska native.

1 percent

Percent who were native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.

308

Number from California, the most of any state.

8

Number from Wyoming, the least of any state.

36 percent

Percent from the South (region according to U.S. Census Bureau).

15 percent

Percent from the Northeast (region according to U.S. Census Bureau).

68 percent

Percent who served in the Army, the most of any service branch.

1 percent

Percent who served in the Air Force, nearly the least of any service branch. (The Coast Guard had one death.)

1,115

The number of deaths in Anbar province, the most for any province since the start of the war.

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