Number of Americans Dead from COVID-19
by the Editors

562,296*

Number of Americans dead from the Civil War, Union: 364,511

Number of Americans dead from the Civil War, Confederate: ~290,000

Number of Americans dead from the 1918 flu pandemic: ~675,000

Number of Americans dead from World War One: 116,516

Number of Americans dead from World War Two: ~405,399

Number of Americans dead from the Korean War: ~36,516

Number of Americans dead from the Vietnam War: ~58,209

Number of Americans dead from the HIV/AIDS pandemic: ~700,000**

Number of Americans dead from the first Gulf War: 294

Number of Americans dead from 9/11: 2,974

Number of Americans dead from the War in Afghanistan: 2,216

Number of Americans dead from the second Gulf War: 4,497

Number of Americans dead, annually, from lack of access to healthcare: ~26,000

Number of Americans dead from murder by police in 2020: 1,021

Number of Americans dead from shootings or firearm-related incidents in 2020: ~19,000

Number of Americans raped or sexually assaulted in 2019 (all genders): ~459,306

*As of April 12, 2021
**To the present
War death totals indicate all dead, combat or otherwise.
~indicates approximately.

The Editors of the Bureau strongly urge everyone to get vaccinated.

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