Iraq Study Estimates War-Related Deaths At 461,000 -- BBC
About half a million people died in Iraq as a result of war-related causes between the US-led invasion in 2003 and mid-2011, an academic study suggests.
University researchers from the US, Canada and Iraq based their estimate on randomised surveys of 2,000 households.
The toll includes not only violent deaths from the invasion and subsequent insurgency, but avoidable fatalities linked to infrastructure collapse.
It exceeds the 112,000 violent civilian deaths reported by Iraq Body Count.
The British-based organisation bases its tally on media reports, hospital and mortuary records, and information from official and non-governmental sources.
There has been a surge in sectarian violence in Iraq in the past year, with almost 5,000 civilians killed in attacks between January and September, according the UN. It says more than 3,000 people died in 2012.
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More News On A Recent Iraq War Study That Estimates 500,000 Died From 2003 To Mid-2011
New study puts Iraq war death toll at 500,000 -- UPI
New Study Estimates Nearly 500,000 Died in Iraq War -- Time
Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis died of illness as war ravaged nation's support systems, study says -- NBC
Study estimates nearly 500,000 Iraqis died in war -- L.A. Times
Cost of the Iraq War in human lives: 461,000 killed between March 2003 and June 2011 -- Daily Mail
2003-2011: Half million Iraqis died in war, occupation -- RT
Iraq war claimed half a million lives, study finds -- Al Jazeera
My Comment: This study is based on an estimate from randomised surveys of 2,000 households .... talk about a very small sampling group. The problem with such a study is that as long as the violence and mayhem continues in Iraq .... no real number can be determined with any degree of accuracy. Unfortunately .... this part of the region has endured wars and conflicts for decades .... and I do not see "an era of peace" breaking out anytime soon.
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