In depth U.S. military statistics from Iraq

The Associated Press published a detailed list of U.S. military statistics from Iraq today, which appeared on the RTD's website. I've put in bold the points I find most interesting/shocking:

- Number who died since major combat ended April 30, 2003: 2,849

- Percent who died since major combat ended: 95 percent

- Months with the most deaths since the start of the war: November 2004: 137; April 2004: 135; January 2005: 107; December 2006: 106; October 2006: 105

- Percentages by service branch: Army: 68 percent; Marines: 29 percent; Navy: 2 percent; Air Force: 1 percent (Coast Guard had one death.)

- Percentages by service force: Active duty: 79 percent; National Guard: 13 percent; Reserve: 8 percent

- Iraq provinces with most deaths since the start of war: Anbar: 1,111; Baghdad: 683; Salaheddin: 336; Nineveh: 193; Babil: 93

- Percent of non-hostile deaths: 20 percent

- Number who died of illness: 56

- Percentage killed by an improvised explosive device in the last year: 44 percent

- Percent who were officers: 10 percent

- Number older than 45 years: 70

- Number who were age 18: 26

- Number of women: 62

- Percent of the dead who were women: 2 percent

- Percentages by ethnic group: White: 72 percent; Hispanic or Latino: 11 percent; Black or African American: 9 percent; multiple races, pending, or unknown: 5 percent; Asian: 2 percent; American Indian or Alaska Native: 1 percent; Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 1 percent

- Number from California, the most of any state: 308

- Number from Wyoming, least of any state: 8

- Number from Texas: 262

- Number from New York state: 137

- Number from Puerto Rico: 24

- Percent from the South (region according to US Census Bureau): 36 percent

- Percent from the Northeast: (region according to US Census Bureau): 15 percent

NOTE ON NUMBERS: The numbers are based on counts by the Department of Defense and Associated Press. Most items are based on 2,988 deaths tallied by the DOD as of December 28, 2006. The AP's count, which includes deaths reported by news staff in Iraq, has been consistently somewhat ahead of the DOD's. The percentages for minorities were last updated December 2, 2006.