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pa911,
You are not comparing apples to apples. The current numbers include off-duty deaths and also guard/reserve when activated. The inclusion of guard and reserve started under Clinton (by les Aspin?) and I’m not sure when the off-duty deaths were included into the total deaths.
The inclusion of the off duty (vehicular and recreational particularly) was to highlight the losses from these sources.
To get an accurate comparison you would need to find out how your base numbers are derived and then take that into account in your calculations. Sometimes the results appear to more precise than they really are, and no one wants to spend the money to get really accurate data.
S/F, FOG
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