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Mortality Statistics |
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The
underlying table gives the mortality in hospital amongst
casualties in different conflicts |
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Total Number of
Patients |
Mortality in
hospital (%) |
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Crimean War |
Unknown |
16.7 |
Official Figures |
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American Civil War |
Unknown |
14.1 |
Official Figures |
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Boer War |
Unknown |
8.6 |
Official Figures |
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WW I |
Unknown |
7.6 |
Official Figures |
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WW II |
Unknown |
4.5 |
Official Figures |
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Korea |
Unknown |
2.5 |
Official Figures |
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Cyprus |
71 |
4.3 |
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Northern Ireland |
654 |
6.4 |
Explosion Only |
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Northern Ireland |
1,786 |
4.8 |
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Falklands |
233 |
1.3 |
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Arab Israeli |
4,500 |
2.3 |
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Vietnam |
13,050 |
2.0 |
Conventional
Weapons |
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Small Arms - |
4,565 |
2.2 |
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Fragments - |
6,631 |
1.5 |
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Mines - |
1,854 |
3.4 |
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Oman(MFV) |
73 |
2.7 |
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Oman(JdeBC) |
104 |
3.8 |
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Mortality from wounds was
very variable. In WWI wounds to the head and neck, the
abdomen and the chest resulted in a very high mortality;
75% has been quoted
"Flesh wounds" to the extremities
were less likely to result in death.
Since the use of blood transfusion, antibiotics and
standardised surgical techniques gained widespread
acceptance in the middle of WWII survival of those
wounded who reached a surgical facility has been
consistently remarkably high.
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