High Rates of Unemployment Lead to High Rates of Enlistment

Author David Anderson writes, "High rates of unemployment lead to high rates of enlistment and war related deaths in rural areas."

Anderson also points out that 31 out of every million rural American adults have been killed in the Afghan and Iraqi wars. A smaller ratio of urban adults have been killed in the wars, with casualty rates among urban dwellers hitting 21 per million. A similar study done last year showed casualty rates among rural Americans a 24 per million and among urban dwellers at 15 per million.

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