Talk:Casualty (person)

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[edit] Wounded to Killed Ratio

I was recently watching a documentary about the Iraq War, and it stated that the American Militaries Casualty figures were approximately 7 to 1 wounded to killed ratio (not 3 to 1 like in the article).

Perhaps this is something to do with modern warfare, perhaps less are dieing because of better protection and/or medical care, or perhaps it is something to do with the particular conditions of that war.

If you look up the official casualty figures you will see this is confirmed, Deaths is 2500, and Wounded is 18500, that's more than 7 to 1.

Perhaps the article should have something about this apparent increase in the ratio.

--Hibernian 17:30, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Good point about Iraq, but it is not the "battle" that the article focuses on. (Most Iraq casualties come from car bombs, hence the heavy use of body armor.) Rjensen 01:47, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Maybe this should be stressed in the article, as it is currently not clearly stated. As for the wounded-to-killed ratio, might some troops have been wounded more than once ?

breversa 14:06, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question

In military usage, casualties usually means all persons lost to active military service, which comprises those killed in action, killed by disease, disabled by physical injuries, disabled by psychological trauma, captured, deserted, and missing, but does not include injuries which do not prevent a person from fighting.

Does this include also POW? --Do you know me? I can't tell you to shut up...so just SCREEEAAMM!!! _{You can still shut up if you want to, just don't blame me} 00:47, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Yes. "captured" links to prisoner of war. --Timeshifter (talk) 02:08, 20 May 2008 (UTC)