It would be interesting to know the total number of deaths of active duty (including National Guard on duty) every year. Although it would probably be a depressing and demoralizing number, it would also put combat deaths in better perspective.
Deaths by murder in America of military age men would be another interesting number.
FBI statistics from the U.S. Department of Justice web site:
Crime in the U.S., Year 2000 (please note: crime has continued to decrease during all the past five years of the Bush administration):
11.6 million Reported Offenses
(equalling 4,124 crimes per 100,000 inhabitants)
19% less than the 1996 rate
30% less than the 1991 rate
1.4 million Violent Crimes
(lowest volume of violent crimes since 1985)
506 violent crimes per 100,000 population
15,517 Murders in 2000
21% less than in 1996
37% less than in 1991
victims 76% males, 90% adults
offenders 90% males, 91% age 18 or older
firearms used in 66% of incidents
by comparison, Forcible Rapes, 2000
90,186 (nearly 6 times the murder rate)