War Statistics - Revision history

Eric: Asked for some clarification on some questions I had

2020-05-09T16:13:39Z

Asked for some clarification on some questions I had

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	The '''absolute number''' of war deaths has a significant rise since 1400 (see data section), with the caveat that there is 15x more people today than in 1400.		The '''absolute number''' of war deaths has a significant rise since 1400 (see data section), with the caveat that there is 15x more people today than in 1400. (what is the "per person" death rate, ie total deaths / world population)

	The war death '''rate''' up to 2016 is comparable to 1400, and higher than immediately after WW2:		The war death '''rate''' up to 2016 is comparable to 1400, and higher than immediately after WW2:

Eric: Added some thoughts of mine

2020-05-09T16:12:16Z

Added some thoughts of mine

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	The death rate remains at about 10,000 per year, same as 600 years ago. The graph is actually quite misleading. It makes it look like a collapse to zero up to 2000. If you look at more current data from the first link ([https://ourworldindata.org/war-and-peace]), you see that is not the case at all. The 600 years shows a bunch of smaller conflicts with decreasing fatalities, and downward trends. Don't be fooled. The most important feature of the graph is the solid red line: total death rate. Note that the population in 1400 was 15x lower (see [[World Population]]), so the number of deaths is increasing continuously.		The death rate remains at about 10,000 per year, same as 600 years ago. The graph is actually quite misleading. It makes it look like a collapse to zero up to 2000. If you look at more current data from the first link ([https://ourworldindata.org/war-and-peace]), you see that is not the case at all. The 600 years shows a bunch of smaller conflicts with decreasing fatalities, and downward trends. Don't be fooled. The most important feature of the graph is the solid red line: total death rate. Note that the population in 1400 was 15x lower (see [[World Population]]), so the number of deaths is increasing continuously.

			The downturn is likely due to:
			*Precision Bombing replacing carpet bombing in most cases
			*MAD making large scale superpower wars unlikely
			*Mechanized (and robotic in some cases) warfare reducing the human factor
			*Medical technology (a soldier not being able to fight, vs being alive is different)

			One intresting side affect may be the disparity between the technologically advanced superpower having little to no deaths due to robotic weaponry vs the other group who may not have that technology. Could also make war less of a political/emotional risk due to less people dying, and thus easier for superpowers to do

			Groups like NATO, the EU, UN, and various other groups (carribean has some sort of EU like thing) also make war less likely (due to being interconnected), and less needed (proper diplomatic channels) so that may also be contributing to the downturn

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Marcin at 16:11, 9 May 2020

2020-05-09T16:11:57Z

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	The '''absolute number''' of war deaths has a significant rise since 1400 (see data section), with the caveat that there is 15x more people today than in 1400.		The '''absolute number''' of war deaths has a significant rise since 1400 (see data section), with the caveat that there is 15x more people today than in 1400.

	The war death '''rate''' up to 2016 is comparable to 1400.		The war death '''rate''' up to 2016 is comparable to 1400, and higher than immediately after WW2:

			<html><iframe src="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/battle-related-deaths-in-state-based-conflicts-since-1946-by-world-region" style="width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;"></iframe></html>

	=Data=		=Data=

Marcin at 16:09, 9 May 2020

2020-05-09T16:09:46Z

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			The '''absolute number''' of war deaths has a significant rise since 1400 (see data section), with the caveat that there is 15x more people today than in 1400.

			The war death '''rate''' up to 2016 is comparable to 1400.

			=Data=

	https://ourworldindata.org/war-and-peace		https://ourworldindata.org/war-and-peace

Marcin at 16:01, 9 May 2020

2020-05-09T16:01:02Z

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	~~http~~://~~www.wrsc~~.org/~~attach_image/waning~~-~~war~~		https://ourworldindata.org/war-and-peace

	Here is a graph of war deaths over 600 years:		Here is a graph of war deaths over 600 years:
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	https://www.vox.com/2015/6/23/8832311/war-casualties-600-years		https://www.vox.com/2015/6/23/8832311/war-casualties-600-years

	The death rate remains at about 10,000 per year, same as 600 years ago. The graph is actually quite misleading. It makes it look like a collapse to zero up to 2000.		The death rate remains at about 10,000 per year, same as 600 years ago. The graph is actually quite misleading. It makes it look like a collapse to zero up to 2000. If you look at more current data from the first link ([https://ourworldindata.org/war-and-peace]), you see that is not the case at all. The 600 years shows a bunch of smaller conflicts with decreasing fatalities, and downward trends. Don't be fooled. The most important feature of the graph is the solid red line: total death rate. Note that the population in 1400 was 15x lower (see [[World Population]]), so the number of deaths is increasing continuously.

	[[File:wardeath.png\|1000px]]		[[File:wardeath.png\|1000px]]

Marcin at 15:54, 9 May 2020

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	The death rate remains at about 10,000 per year, same as 600 years ago.		The death rate remains at about 10,000 per year, same as 600 years ago. The graph is actually quite misleading. It makes it look like a collapse to zero up to 2000.

	[[File:wardeath.png\|1000px]]		[[File:wardeath.png\|1000px]]

Marcin at 15:52, 9 May 2020

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	https://www.vox.com/2015/6/23/8832311/war-casualties-600-years		https://www.vox.com/2015/6/23/8832311/war-casualties-600-years

			The death rate remains at about 10,000 per year, same as 600 years ago.

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Marcin at 15:50, 9 May 2020

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	https://www.vox.com/2015/6/23/8832311/war-casualties-600-years		https://www.vox.com/2015/6/23/8832311/war-casualties-600-years

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Marcin at 15:50, 9 May 2020

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	http://www.wrsc.org/attach_image/waning-war		http://www.wrsc.org/attach_image/waning-war

			Here is a graph of war deaths over 600 years:

			https://www.vox.com/2015/6/23/8832311/war-casualties-600-years

Marcin: Created page with "http://www.wrsc.org/attach_image/waning-war"

2013-03-30T02:19:40Z

Created page with "http://www.wrsc.org/attach_image/waning-war"

New page

http://www.wrsc.org/attach_image/waning-war