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1,000+ Deaths Per Year: Uppsala Conflict Data Program United Nations Low Intensity Conflict
1,000+ Deaths Per Year: Uppsala Conflict Data Program United Nations Low Intensity Conflict
Conflicts in the following list are currently causing at least 1,000 violent deaths per year, a categorization used by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program[1] and recognised by the United Nations.[2][3] The UN also use the term "low intensity conflict," which can overlap with the 1,000 violent deaths per year categorisation.[4]
Start of conflict Cumulative fatalities Fatalities in 2011
War/conflict
Location
1964
Colombia
5,667+
[6]
1978
Afghanistan
3,000,000+
[7]
8,938+
[8]
1991
Somalia
[9]
1,400+
[11]
2003
Insurgency in Iraq
Iraq
[7][12]
5,489
[14]
2004
Pakistan
38,800
[15]
6,142
[15]
2006
Mexico
60,420+
[16]
19,396
[17]
2009
Sudan Sudan
South
5,641
[18][19]
3,141+
[19]
2011
South
1,500+
[20]
1,500+
[20]
2011
Yemeni revolution
Yemen
1,784-1,870
[21]
1,784-1,870
2011
Syrian uprising
Syria
3,673
[22]
9,000+
[23]
5,000
[24]
Start of conflict
War/conflict
Location
Cumulative fatalities
Fatalities in 2011
2012
Sudan
278-1,538
278-1,538