The annual fatalities of military members while actively serving in the armed forces from 1980 through 2006:
1980 ......... 2,392
1981 ......... 2,380
1984 ......... 1,999
1988 .......... 1,819
1989 .......... 1,636
1990 ........ 1,508
1991 .......... 1,787
1992 .......... 1,293----------------------------------------------------
1993 ....... 1,213
1994 .......... 1,075
1995 ...........2,465
1996 ........ 2,318 8 Clinton years @13,417 deaths
1997 .......... 817
1998 ......... 2,252
1999 ........ .. 1,984 -------------------------------------------------
2000 ........ 1,983
2001 .......... 890
2002 .......... 1,007 7 BUSH years @ 9,016 deaths
2003 .......... 1,410
2004 .......... 1,887
2005 ........ &nbs p; 919
2006.......... 920
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The latest census, of Americans, shows the following distribution of American citizens, by Race:
European descent (White) ...... 69.12%
Hispanic ................................ 12.5%
Black..................................... 12.3%
Asian ..................................... 3.7%
Native American .................... . 1.0%
Other ..................................... 2.6%

Fatalities Race over the past three years in Iraqi Freedom:
European descent (white) ..... 74.31%
Hispanic ............................ 10.74%
Black .................................. 9.67%
Asian ................................ . 1.81%
Native American ................... 1.09%
Other ................................... . 33%

These statistics are published by Congressional Research Service, and may be confirmed at: <http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32492.pdf> http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32492.pdf