"Yea, and I've been wondering what would be the death rate here in the US of 130,000 men in this age group in a similar length of time"
I would also like to see the stats on military deaths in
time of peace....training accidents, etc. I expect it is pretty high.
Got something near to hand for you.
Businessweek, 28OCT02, p12: "Casualties of War and Piece" (a small table, not an article). Most recent data read thus:
1999-2001: 1.37 million avg active duty troops
Cause and number of deaths in that period:
Terrorist attack: 70
Accidents: 1,258
Hostile Action: 0
Homicide: 110
Self inflicted: 405
Data from DoD
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