Statistics in Perspective "The major cause of discouragement is a temporary loss of perspective."    Francis Peak Death Toll January 1, 2009 - July 4, 2009 (12:55 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:	328833 276638 175956 154338 75483 62280 54643 50273 36606 33094 30903 21497 16823 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