[R] iraq statistics - OT

[Roger D. Peng]

I guess it all depends on what you include in the category of "violent death". 
This study is the only one I'm aware of to attempt to address this:

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673604174412/fulltext

(there's a registration but I think it's free, can't remember).

-roger

Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
> I came across this one:
> 
> http://www.nysun.com/article/32787
> 
> which says that the violent death rate in Iraq (which presumably
> includes violent deaths from the war) is lower than the violent
> death rate in major American cities.
> 
> Does anyone have any insights from statistics on how to
> interpret this?
> 
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