“Your numbers while quite interesting are meaningless statistics without knowing the Denominator for each of the posted numbers.”
It is only meaningful if you are selling insurance.
The fact is: Service men in harms way are doing a better job and are not having to pay the ultimate price as often. This is all good news.
No. The numbers are meaningless unless you know the number of people in the military each year.
For example if in the year 1986 the military had 1,000,000 members and there were 1,984 deaths that would equate to a .001984% death rate.
And if in the year 2002 the military had 750,000 members and there were 1,007 deaths that would equate to a .00134267 death rate.
It is just simple math and with out knowing the total number of deaths and the population the numbers are meaningless.