Geography of Death

As you may remember, in December I posted on the unusual number of dead soldiers in Iraq from Kirkland, WA. There's nothing new on that front, but I thought it would be interesting to post the cities who lead in war dead. I'm not sure what can be gleaned from this, but it's interesting enough I think.

Here's the list from December 8 when I did this for the first time.

1. New York City, 15
2. Los Angeles, 14
3. Houston, 13
4. San Antonio and Portland, 7
6. El Paso, Buffalo, and Phoenix, 6
9. Fort Worth, Philadelphia, Tampa, San Diego, and Tucson, 5

Here's the list as of today.

1. New York City, 20
2. Houston, 15
3. Los Angeles, 14
4. Phoenix and San Antonio, 8
6. San Diego, Buffalo, Portland, and Fort Worth, 7
10. Tucson and El Paso, 6

Nothing huge there I guess. Probably the most remarkable number is that 13 soldiers have died from Louisiana since December 1. Lousiana now has 32 dead. This is over twice as many as Minnesota or Connecticut and approximately as many as Indiana, New Jersey, or North Carolina, all significantly larger states. Perhaps we are starting to see poorer states starting to take more casualties. Or maybe it's just really unlucky to be from Louisiana.