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Fifty years of violent war deaths from Vietnam to Bosnia: analysis of data from the world health survey programme

Ziad Obermeyer, Christopher J L Murray, Emmanuela Gakidou
Table 3

 Total violent war deaths (thousands) from 1955 to 2002, with 95% confidence intervals for world health survey (WHS) estimates and low-high range for Uppsala/PRIO data (where available), and ratio of WHS estimates to Uppsala/PRIO data

WHS deaths (95% CI)Uppsala/PRIO deaths (low-high range)Ratio of WHS to Uppsala/PRIO
Bangladesh269 (125 to 505)584.6
Bosnia176 (67 to 305)553.2
Burma31 (17 to 51)37 (35-49)0.8
Ethiopia579 (304 to 993)275 (192-459)2.1
Georgia35 (10 to 83)312.0
Guatemala20 (10 to 34)330.6
Laos62 (28 to 115)20 (18-20)3.1
Namibia16 (6 to 33)610.3
Philippines30 (18 to 48)50 (49-91)0.6
Republic of Congo7 (2 to 19)10 (10-13)0.7
Sri Lanka215 (126 to 338)613.6
Vietnam3812 (2207 to 5942)2096 (2095-2096)1.8
Zimbabwe141 (76 to 233)285.1
Total5393 (2997 to 8697)2784 (2695-3026)3.0*

*Mean ratio.