Sources of Statistics

Global statistics

• Modern war victims are 90% civilian.

U.N. Human Development Report 2002, pg. 16
http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2002_EN_Complete.pdf

• The 20th century was the most violent century in all of human history: an estimated 203 million people were killed in state and non-state wars during this century.

Twentieth Century Atlas - Death Tolls http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat8.htm

• 80% of the world's 20 poorest countries have suffered from a major conflict in the past 15 years.

The Economic of Civil War, Crime and Violence: Knowledge for Change
http://go.worldbank.org/MVOAR7WFJ0

• Global estimated military was over $900B in 2003 and average estimated global spending on primary education was $5.3B:

World Bank Development Indicators http://www.worldbank.org/data/maps/#

• 11.7 million gallons of Agent Orange were dropped in Vietnam between 1962 and 1971.

Agent Orange Statistics and Vietnam War Herbicides. 15th Field Artillery and Vietnam Artillerymen http://www.landscaper.net/agent2.htm

• During the Gulf War, US tanks and aircraft shot approximately 286 metric tons of depleted uranium in Kuwait and Iraq.

Fahey, Dan. Science or Science Fiction: Facts, Myths and Propaganda In the Debate Over Depleted Uranium Weapons http://www.wise-uranium.org/pdf/dumyths.pdf

• 90 countries still have active landmines and unexploded ordinance, with 15,000 - 20,000 mine victims per year.

United Nations Human Development Report 2002, pg. 11       
http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2002_EN_Complete.pdf

• International statistics on conflict resolutions and mediation:

Peacemaking in International Conflict: Methods and Techniques by I. William Zartman, pgs 169,170.

USA statistics

• There are over 100 degree programs in conflict resolution at universities and colleges across the U.S.

 http://www.mediate.com/articles/krollC.cfm

• 2005, 91% of public schools had peer mediation programs: 

Johnson, D. W., & Johnson, R.(1996). Conflict resolution and peer mediation programs in elementary and secondary schools: A review of the research. Review of Educational
Also: http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ssocs/tables/md_2006_tab_22.asp      

• There are over 550 community mediation centers in the U.S

http://www.nafcm.org/pg5.cfm#Community%20Mediation%20Program%20Statistics

• 82% of Americans would rather go to a mediator than go to court.

http://www.nafcm.org/pg5.cfm/#Conclusion       

• The Center for Disease Control – statistics on youth violence and information about violence prevention initiatives:

http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/index.html