Statistics in Perspective "The major cause of discouragement is a temporary loss of perspective."    Francis Peak Death Toll January 1, 2010 - February 9, 2010 (3:34 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:	69259 58266 37060 32507 15898 13117 11509 10588 7710 6970 6509 4527 3543 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