Iraq Body Count compiles the world's most comprehensive set of casualty figures for deaths in Iraq since the invasion in 2003. And while the war has slipped from the political debate since US forces began their final withdrawal, the latest annual report from IBC provides a fascinating insight into a conflict in which over 114,000 people have died.

IBC collates every report where someone dies from over 90 news sources. In 2011 alone, this covered 4,063 deaths in 6,828 reports covering 1,874 incidents. Bad as the figures are, they are almost certainly an under-estimate. They attribute each death, where it is possible; most often, it is not, as the graph below shows.

The key figures IBC found are:

• 14,705 (13%) of all documented civilian deaths were reported as being

directly caused by the US-led coalition. The report notes that

Of the 4,040 civilian victims of US-led coalition forces for whom age data was available, 1,201 (29%) were children



• Over half of the civilian deaths caused by US-led coalition forces

occurred during the 2003 invasion and the sieges of Fallujah in 2004.

• Of the 45,779 victims for whom IBC was able to obtain age data, 3,911 (8.54%) were children under age 18.

• Police forces have been a major target, with 9,019 deaths reported - by

far the largest toll of any professional group.

• Baghdad, which contains roughly one fifth of the country's population,

has suffered roughly half of the recorded civilian deaths, or about 2.5

times more than the national average.

This shows what happened over time; the big peak in deaths being from 2006-2008. The report notes that

On a per-day basis, the highest intensity of civilian killings over a sustained period occurred during the first three "Shock and Awe" weeks of the 2003 invasion, when civilian deaths averaged 317 per day and totalled over 6,640 by April 9th, nearly all attributable to US-led coalition-forces, reaching 7,286 by the time of President GW Bush's "Mission Accomplished" speech of 1st May 2003

The biggest cause of death has been gunfire, perhaps unsurprising given the sectarian nature of much of the violence. According to the report:

60,024 of the civilian dead were reported killed by small arms gunfire; 37,840 by explosive weapons (such as IEDs, suicide attacks, and aerial bombardment); and 5,648 by airstrikes (including cannon-fire, bombs and missiles)

IBC compared the Wikileaks war logs data with their own and found an extra 13,000 civilian deaths that they had not identified. You can see how the totals now add up below:

Wikileaks v Iraq Body Count: how many deaths were there? Click heading to sort table Count Number of deaths Iraq Body Count 2003-2011 114,212 Iraq War Logs new 'Civilian' and comparable 'Host Nation' remaining - central estimate 13,750 Iraq War Logs ‘Host Nation’ combatant - central estimate 5,575 Iraq War Logs ‘Enemy’ (minus IBC overlaps) - central estimate 20,499 Insurgents killed June-December 2003 597 Insurgents killed May 2004 652 Insurgents & Iraqi soldiers killed March 2009 59 Insurgents & Iraqi soldiers killed 2010–2011 2,187 TOTAL IRAQI 157,531 US & Coalition military killed 2003–2011 4,802 TOTAL 162,333

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