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. 2008 Jun 19;336(7659):1482–1486. doi: 10.1136/bmj.a137

Table 3.

 Total violent war deaths (thousands) from 1955 to 2002, with 95% confidence intervals for world health survey (WHS) estimates and low-high range for Uppsala/PRIO data (where available), and ratio of WHS estimates to Uppsala/PRIO data

WHS deaths (95% CI) Uppsala/PRIO deaths (low-high range) Ratio of WHS to Uppsala/PRIO
Bangladesh 269 (125 to 505) 58 4.6
Bosnia 176 (67 to 305) 55 3.2
Burma 31 (17 to 51) 37 (35-49) 0.8
Ethiopia 579 (304 to 993) 275 (192-459) 2.1
Georgia 35 (10 to 83) 3 12.0
Guatemala 20 (10 to 34) 33 0.6
Laos 62 (28 to 115) 20 (18-20) 3.1
Namibia 16 (6 to 33) 61 0.3
Philippines 30 (18 to 48) 50 (49-91) 0.6
Republic of Congo 7 (2 to 19) 10 (10-13) 0.7
Sri Lanka 215 (126 to 338) 61 3.6
Vietnam 3812 (2207 to 5942) 2096 (2095-2096) 1.8
Zimbabwe 141 (76 to 233) 28 5.1
Total 5393 (2997 to 8697) 2784 (2695-3026) 3.0*

*Mean ratio.