Re: World Peace Via Old Men

From: hal@finney.org
Date: Fri Jan 05 2001 - 11:31:19 MST


Robin writes:
> I would love to see such data as well. I know where to find data on MAR
> levels,but I haven't yet found any summary data on global war deaths. Which
> seems
> strange as this is a clearly important number to track.

My web access is down right now, but last June I wrote:

> Robin writes:
> > The chart: http://abcnews.go.com/media/world/images/peacechart_990531_t.gif
> > in http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/peace_warbiology990602.html
> > shows a bad long term trend. I sure hope it has changed lately.
>
> That is a sobering figure. War related deaths in the 20th century running
> about 110 million, almost three times the per-capita figures of the 17th,
> 18th, and 19th centuries.

I assume i got these figures on per-capita war deaths from the referenced
article, so that must have had information that wouled be relevant.

Hal



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