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[For a summary of the March 1999 UN report, please refer to: http://iraqaction.org/UN1999.html] ============================================================== ArabicNews.Com Mortality rate increases in Iraq Iraq, Health, 6/23/99 The number of deaths among the Iraqi citizens as a result of the imposed sanctions since 1990 until last May reached some 2,159,807 citizens. According to statistics released by the Iraqi health ministry on Tuesday that these deaths were results of inflammatory in the breathing organs, diarrhoea, and malnutrition for children and heart-diseases, high blood pressure, diabetics, liver and kidney and cancer diseases for adults. The statistics said that a high increase took place in the number of infectious diseases cases during 1998, including polio, fever, cholera, malaria and many others, in comparison to the figures of 1989 of infectious diseases due to the lack of medicines, medical requirements and malnutrition. The statistics noted that the Iraqi health establishments suffer severe shortages in medicines and medical requirements, a matter which led to the reemergence of diseases that had been exterminated several years ago in Iraq, including cholera and others. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To be removed/added, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk, NOT the whole list. Please do not sent emails with attached files to the list *** Archived at http://linux.clare.cam.ac.uk/~saw27/casi/discuss.html ***