Statistics in Perspective "The major cause of discouragement is a temporary loss of perspective."    Francis Peak Death Toll January 1, 2012 - January 27, 2012 (9:42 pm) 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:	47317 39806 25319 22208 10861 8961 7863 7234 5267 4762 4446 3093 2420 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