Statistics in Perspective "The major cause of discouragement is a temporary loss of perspective."    Francis Peak Death Toll January 1, 2008 - November 21, 2008 (6:44 am) United States of America

Heart Disease: Cancer: Tobacco: Obesity: Stroke: Chronic lower respiratory diseases: Accidents (unintentional death): Alcohol: Diabetes: Alzheimer's disease: Influenza/Pneumonia: Kidney Failure: Infections to the Blood: Iraq war:	582018 489636 311433 273171 133602 110233 96717 88981 64791 58575 54698 38050 29776 unavailable

Statistics in Perspective is updated every minute (click reload). Totals of all categories except Iraq are based upon past trends. US Iraq war casualities are updated in real time. Sources: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/library/graphs/graphs.htm http://icasualties.org/oif/default.aspx