Monitoring Trends in Global Combat: A New Dataset of Battle Deaths

Lacina, Bethany; Gleditsch, Nils Petter

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Monitoring Trends in Global Combat: A New Dataset of Battle Deaths

Lacina, Bethany, Gleditsch, Nils Petter·2005·European Journal of Population / Revue européenne de Démographie

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Globally, battle deaths have declined since 1945 and the number of interstate conflicts has decreased since 1990, while the peak of interstate conflicts with more than 1000 battle deaths per year was in the 1970s with a rapid decline thereafter.
“Globally, battle deaths have declined since 1945 and the number of interstate conflicts has decreased since 1990 while the peak of interstate conflicts with more than 1000 battle deaths per year was in the 1970s with a rapid decline thereafter.”
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Authors: Lacina, B., & Gleditsch, N. P.
Affiliations: Peace Research Institute Oslo (NO)
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
Corresponding author: Lacina, Bethany
ORCID: Lacina, Bethany
Gleditsch, Nils Petter
Venue: European Journal of Population / Revue européenne de Démographie
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2005-06
Volume: 21
Issue: 2-3
Pages: 145-166
ISSN: 0168-6577 (ISSN-L)
1572-9885
DOI: 10.1007/s10680-005-6851-6
OpenAlex: W1966690268
Cited by: 784
References: 62
Citations by year: 2026: 10 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 26 · 2023: 43 · 2022: 25 · 2021: 32 · 2020: 43 · 2019: 35 · 2018: 46 · 2017: 39 · 2016: 47 · 2015: 46 · 2014: 51 · 2013: 53 · 2012: 58
FWCI: 57.52
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: European Journal of Population / Revue européenne de Démographie (publishedVersion)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics: Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health and Conflict Studies
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political Conflict and Governance
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Environmental and Biological Research in Conflict Zones
Keywords: death in battle, death in war, armed conflict, civil war, interstate conflict, displacement, human cost of war

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