Friday, 1 May 2009

How safe is Baghdad?

Over at Time magazine Mark Kukis asks whether Baghdad is now safer than New Orleans?

In all, deaths in Baghdad in 2008 numbered roughly 2,880, according to the database's figures. Given that Baghdad is a city of about six million that makes for a murder rate of about 48 per 100,000 people. How does that compare to other cities blighted by high levels of violence?


whereas

New Orleans, with an estimated post-Katrina population of just over 300,000, is tiny in size compared to its rivals. But the number of murders is huge; figures vary, but even the low estimate puts the city on a par with Cape Town at around 62 per 10,000

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