Reply #7: U.S. death rate in Iraq over 10 times that of Philadelphia homicide rate [View All]

[daleo]

Philadelphia http://philadelphia.areaconnect.com/statistics.htm
Population: 1517550
Homicides: 347
Homicides per 100000: 22.86580343

Iraq
Population (U.S.): 130000
Combat Deaths: 327
Combat Deaths per 100000: 251.5384615

If we take into account all U.S. military deaths, and adjust for the fact that the war began in late March (annualized to 12 months), the U.S. deaths per 100000 goes up to about 492.

As a counter-example, the Canadian homicide rate in 2002 was about 1.94 per 100000 (582 in a population of 30000000). So, being a U.S. soldier in Iraq is about 200 times more dangerous than being a Canadian citizen. I would want an awfully compelling reason before I would be willing to expose myself or my child to this level of risk.