ORIGINAL: Californiadoctor

Let us redo the math on this one and this time do it correctly;

160,000 divided by 100,000 equals 1.6. Now divide the number of fatalities, 2112 by 1.6.

2112/1.6 = 1,320fatalitiesper 100,000 soldiers.

Now convert that intoan annual rate by dividing 22 by 12 months.

12/22 = 0.5454

Now calculate the annual fatality rate

1,320 x 0.5454 = 720 deaths per 100,000 soldiers per year. Correct up to here.

This is almost 10 times the D.C. rate and D.C. is a pretty dangerous place, I have lived there.

Caldoc