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To the Editor: Since 2004, when my colleagues and I published a report estimating the number of excess deaths resulting from the invasion of Iraq,¹ we have made further assessments, published in 2006.² The report on the Iraq Family Health Survey (IFHS) (Jan. 31 issue)³ contains some findings that are similar to those of our 2006 study but some that differ. The IFHS report estimated a very low crude mortality rate before the invasion as compared with the rate we calculated (3.17 vs. 5.5). Arguably, the increases in mortality reported in both studies for the period after the invasion were . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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