Anyone can manipulate numbers, teribus. What is your source? Here's something a little more straightforward.

"The death rate before the invasion was a fairly normal 5.5 per thousand people per year. Since March 2003, that figure has averaged 13.2, the researchers found. More worrying, the death rate has risen every year since the invasion: this year reaching 19.8 per thousand people per year, a near-fourfold increase over pre-invasion levels."

13:32 11 October 2006
NewScientist.com news service
Debora MacKenzie