According to government statistics, there were 15 million excess deaths in this period.
The second survey estimated that there had been 654,965 excess Iraqi deaths as a consequence of the war.
From 1980 to 1998, average numbers of excess deaths per day among American blacks relative to whites increased by 20%.
Estimates of excess deaths of children during the sanctions range from 100,000 to over 500,000.
"Just because you don't have a risk of excess death doesn't mean you're healthy."
The survey estimated 654,965 excess deaths related to the war.
Officials did not release the number of excess deaths by day.
He then adds the three figures to determine the number of excess deaths during the period 1959-1961.
The "excess deaths" for the hottest seven days were 739 above the norm, not 485.
The excess deaths during the 1930s as a whole were in the range of 10-11 million.