There were
1.21
million abortions in the US in 2008 according to the Guttmacher
Institute estimating 1,212,400 abortions for 2009 and 2010
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Now compare these numbers to the 15 leading
causes of death in 2009 (preliminary data from the
CDC)
AND to the number of American war casualties (from the
Navy Dept. Library and
Defense
Dept.)
| Cause of Death
2009 |
Deaths |
| Abortion |
1,212,400 |
| Diseases of heart |
598,607 |
| Malignant neoplasms |
568,668 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases |
137,082 |
| Cerebrovascular diseases |
128,603 |
| Accidents (unintentional injuries) |
117,176 |
| Alzheimer’s disease |
78,889 |
| Diabetes mellitus |
68,504 |
| Influenza and pneumonia |
53,582 |
| Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis |
48,714 |
| Intentional self-harm (suicide) |
36,547 |
| Septicemia |
35,587 |
| Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis |
30,444 |
| Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal
disease |
25,651 |
| Parkinson’s disease |
20,552 |
| Assault (homicide) |
16,591 |
| War |
Deaths |
| Abortion in 2009 alone |
1,212,400 |
| Revolutionary War |
4,435 |
| War of 1812 |
2,260 |
| Mexican War |
13,283 |
| Civil War |
364,511 |
| Spanish/American |
2,446 |
| World War I |
116,516 |
| World War II |
405,399 |
| Korean War |
36,574 |
| Vietnam |
58,209 |
| Persian Gulf War |
382 |
| Operation Iraqi Freedom (as of December 2011) |
4,421 |
| Operation New Dawn
(as of December 2011) |
66 |
Operation Enduring Freedom
(as of December 2011)
|
1,846 |
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