The Human Cost of War

FIGURES

U.S. monetary cost of Iraq War since 2003 - $500,000,000,000+

Human cost of Iraq War:

600,000 Iraqi excess deaths due to violence

53,000 Iraqi excess deaths due to decreased access to healthcare

32,010 U.S. Iraq War veterans diagnosed with PTSD and depression

6,526 U.S. active armed forces personnel committed suicide in 2005 alone

4,082 U.S. soldier deaths in Iraq

1,000 U.S. contractor deaths in Iraq

205 U.S. contractors diagnosed with PTSD

Sources

Congressional Research Services Report for Congress, CRS Report RL33110

Johns Hopkins University, 2006, The Human Cost of War

U.S. Department of Labor

Archives of Internal Medicine, 2007

CBS News

Iraq Coalition Casualty Count

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