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. 2002 Feb 9;324(7333):346–349. doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.346

Table 2.

Burden of conflict reported in World Health Report 2001 15

WHO region Deaths
Disability adjusted life years
Number due to war (1000s) % of total due to war % of total Number due to war (1000s) % of total due to war % of total
African 167.5 53.96 1.58 5 476.2 53.07 1.55
Americas 2.1 0.66 0.04 69.9 0.68 0.05
Eastern Mediterranean 39.0 12.56 0.97 1 365.9 13.24 1.02
European 36.7 11.83 0.38 1 043.1 10.11 0.68
South East Asia 63.2 20.35 0.45 2 210.3 21.42 0.52
Western Pacific 2.0 0.63 0.02 1 54.3 1.50 0.06
World 310.4 100 0.56 10 319.9 100 0.70