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Headings: World War I casualties
World War I casualties
Classification of casualty statistics
Casualties by 1914 borders
Casualties by modern borders
Austria
Belgian Congo
Czechoslovakia
Estonia
French colonies
German colonies
Hungary
Ireland
Poland
Romania
British colonies
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Nepal
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Content: At least 2 million died from diseases and 6 million went missing, presumed dead. About two-thirds of military deaths in World War I were in battle, unlike the conflicts that took place in the 19th century when the majority of deaths were due to disease. Improvements in medicine as well as the increased lethality of military weaponry were both factors in this development. Nevertheless disease, including the Spanish flu, still caused about one third of total military deaths for all belligerents. Classification of casualty statistics
Estimates of casualty numbers for World War I vary to a great extent; estimates of total deaths range from 9 million to over 15 million The figures listed here are from official secondary sources, whenever available. These sources are cited below. Military casualty statistics listed here include 6.8 million combat related deaths as well as 3 million military deaths caused by accidents, disease and deaths while prisoners of war. First World War civilian deaths are 'hazardous to estimate" according to Michael Clodfelter who maintains that “The generally accepted figure of noncombatant deaths is 6.5 million” The figures listed below include about 6 million excess civilian deaths due to war related malnutrition and disease that are often omitted from other compilations of World War I casualties. The war brought about malnutrition and disease caused by a disruption of trade resulting in shortages of food;