What is the percentage of soldiers that come back from war?

Question

i dunno..im doing this essay thing on NO WAR.

Answer 1

very high but not enough.

well, considering there are 150k troops? and 3,000 dead, that is about 4.5%?


injuries are close to 20,000, some very serious, so that is what, 7x that or around 28 or 30%?

Answer 2

To measure the correct death rate, for example in Iraq, you must find out the total number of soldiers who have gone over and come back, not just those over there at this moment. I really don't have that answer, it might be the 150,000 number given or it might be a bigger number.

A few months ago on Google Answers, some guy freaked out when he learned the death rate for all people in the military is actually lower than the death rate of the total US population. True!

This, of course, is because most people in the military are not in combat, and the civilian population includes older people dying of natural causes. But, it is still an interesting thing to note.

Answer 3

It depends on whose side you are on. American troops have the highest survival rate today ever enjoyed by soldiers, due to our advanced weapon systems. Probably less than 1% are killed or injured.

During the war Desert Storm (our first encounter with Iraq) the kill ratio was probably 1000:1 (Iraqis to Americans).

We (Americans) are VERY good at war. If we weren't concerned about collateral damage (civilian casualties) we could probably go to war without losing a single soldier.

Answer 4

A soldier never comes back from war - the war comes with them.

Answer 5

The fact of the matter we may never know. The republican administration is not counting the American soldiers of fortune who work for the United States. Tens of thousands of Americans have died working for contractors.

Answer 6

Did you know that there has never been a safer time in history to be a US soldier. That there are more americans killed by americans in the USA than by enemies overseas.

Answer 7

Nicole D, your math is wrong.

Using your figures: 150,000 soldiers, and 3,000 dead is a casualty rate of 2%.

20,000 hurt would mean an injury rate of less than 14%.

Answer 8

The casualties of World War II were suffered disproportionately by the various participants. This is especially true regarding civilian casualties. The following chart gives data on the casualties suffered by each country, along with population information to show the relative impact of losses.

Country Population 1939 Military deaths Civilian deaths Jewish Holocaust deaths Total deaths Deaths/ % of population
Albania[1] 1,100,000 28,000 200 28,200 2.56%
Australia[2] 7,000,000 40,400 100 40,500 0.58%
Austria[3] 7,000,000 45,000 65,000 110,000 1.57%
Belgium[4] 8,400,000 12,100 52,000 24,000 88,100 1.05%
Brazil[5] 41,500,000 1,000 1,000 2,000 0.00%
Bulgaria[6] 6,300,000 22,000 22,000 0.35%
Burma[7] 17,500,000 60,000 60,000 0.34%
Canada[8] 11,300,000 45,300 45,300 0.4%
China[9] 530,000,000 3,000,000 7,000,000 10,000,000 1.89%
Czechoslovakia[10] 15,300,000 25,000 63,000 277,000 365,000 2.39%
Denmark[11] 3,800,000 1,300 1,800 100 3,200 0.08%
Estonia[12] 1,100,000 40,000 1,000 41,000 3.73%
Ethiopia[13] 14,100,000 5,000 200,000 205,000 1.45%
Finland[14] 3,700,000 95,000 2,000 97,000 2.62%
France[15] 41,700,000 212,000 267,000 83,000 562,000 1.35%
French Indo-China[16] 24,600,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 4.07%
Germany[17][18][19] 69,300,000 5,500,000 1,840,000 160,000 7,500,000 10.82%
Greece[20] 7,200,000 20,000 209,000 71,000 300,000 4.17%
Hungary[21] 9,200,000 300,000 80,000 200,000 580,000 6.3%
Iceland[22] 120,000 200 200 0.17%
India[23] 386,000,000 87,000 1,500,000 1,587,000 0.41%
Indonesia[24] 70,500,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 5.67%
Iran[25] 14,000,000 200 200 0.00%
Iraq[26] 3,700,000 1,000 1,000 0.03%
Ireland[27] 4,250,000 100 100 0.00%
Italy[28] 43,800,000 306,400 145,100 8,000 459,500 1.05%
Japan[29] 72,000,000 2,000,000 600,000 2,600,000 3.61%
Korea[30] 23,400,000 60,000 60,000 0.26%
Latvia[31] 2,000,000 147,000 80,000 227,000 11.35%
Lithuania[32] 2,500,000 212,000 141,000 353,000 14.12%
Luxembourg[33] 300,000 1,000 1,000 2,000 0.67%
Malaya[34] 5,500,000 100,000 100,000 1.82%
Malta[35] 300,000 1,500 1,500 0.5%
Mexico[36] 19,800,000
Mongolia[37] 700,000 300 300 0.04%
Netherlands[38] 8,700,000 7,900 92,000 106,000 205,900 2.37%
Newfoundland[39] 300,000 1,000 100 1,100 0.37%
New Zealand[40] 1,600,000 11,900 11,900 0.74%
Norway[41] 2,900,000 3,000 5,800 700 9,500 0.33%
Philippines[42] 16,400,000 57,000 90,000 147,000 0.9%
Pacific Islands[43] 1,900,000 57,000 57,000 3.0%
Poland[44] 34,800,000 400,000 2,200,000 3,000,000 5,600,000 16.09%
Portuguese Timor[45] 500,000 55,000 55,000 11.0%
Romania[46] 19,900,000 316,000 56,000 469,000 841,000 4.23%
Singapore[47] 700,000 50,000 50,000 7.14%
South Africa[48] 10,300,000 11,900 11,900 0.12%
Soviet Union[49] 168,500,000 10,700,000 11,500,000 1,000,000 23,200,000 13.77%
Spain[50] 25,500,000 4,500 4,500 0.02%
Thailand[51] 15,300,000 5,600 5,600 0.04%
United Kingdom[52] 47,800,000 382,600 67,800 450,400 0.94%
United States[53] 132,000,000 407,300 11,200 418,500 0.32%
Yugoslavia[54] 15,400,000 446,000 514,000 67,000 1,027,000 6.67%
Totals 1,971,470,000 24,456,700 32,326,700 5,754,000 62,537,400 3.17%