[2banana]

Both are on a yearly basis

[Stone Mountain]

Both are on a yearly basis

No they aren't. From your own statistic: If you consider that there has been an average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq theatre of operations during the last 22 months, and a total of 2,112 deaths, that gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000 soldiers.

so... 2112 deaths/22 months = 96 deaths per 160,000 soldiers PER MONTH. This is equivalent to about 60 deaths per 100,000 soldiers --> That means that the firearm death rate quoted (and I'm not sure all of these were from firearms anyway, but even if they were) is 60 per 100,000 soldiers PER MONTH. How else can one read the statistic you provided?

[Stone Mountain]

Did you see the analysis in post 101?