Key figures about Iraq since the war began in March 2003:

 

CASUALTIES:

_Confirmed U.S. military deaths as of April 2, 2007: 3,244.

_Confirmed U.S. military wounded as of April 2, 2007: 24,314.

_U.S. military deaths after the Baghdad security crackdown beginning Feb. 14, 2007: at least 55 U.S. military deaths occurred from incidents in Baghdad; at least 70 U.S. military deaths occurred from incidents outside Baghdad.

_Iraqi civilian deaths: Estimated at more than 60,000, with one controversial study in 2004 contending there were as many as 655,000.

_Since the Baghdad security crackdown was launched Feb. 14, there continues to be a sharp drop in the number of victims of sectarian death squads in Baghdad. According to an Associated Press count, there were at least 564 bodies found in Baghdad in March 2007 and at least 505 bodies found in Baghdad in February — compared with 954 in January and 1,222 in December.

_Assassinated Iraqi academics: 297.

_Journalists killed on assignment: 97.

COST:

_More than $413 billion. Combined with the conflict in

Afghanistan and operations against terrorism elsewhere, the cost has topped at least $500 billion. A recent study by Linda Bilmes of Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government put the total projected cost of providing medical care and disability benefits to veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan at $350 billion to $700 billion. 

OIL PRODUCTION:

_Prewar: 2.58 million barrels per day.

_March 25, 2007: 2.06 million barrels per day.

ELECTRICITY:

_Prewar nationwide: 3,958 megawatts. Hours per day (estimated): four to eight.

_March 29, 2007, nationwide: 3,530 megawatts. Hours a day: 9.8.

_Prewar Baghdad: 2,500 megawatts. Hours per day (estimated): 16-24.

_March 29, 2007, Baghdad: megawatts not available. Hours a day: 5.7.

TELEPHONE:

_Prewar land lines: 833,000.

_Jan. 2, 2007: 1,046,027.

_Prewar cell phones: 80,000.

_Jan. 2, 2007: 8,712,027.

WATER:

_Prewar: 12.9 million people had potable water.

_Dec. 31, 2006: 15.1 million people have potable water.

SEWERAGE:

_Prewar: 6.2 million people served.

_Dec. 31, 2006: 10.7 million people served.

INTERNAL REFUGEES:

_Feb. 28, 2007: Approximately 1.9 million people. An estimated 727,000 have been internally displaced since the beginning of 2006.

EMIGRANTS:

_Prewar: 500,000 Iraqis lived abroad.

_April 2, 2007: Approximately 2 million live abroad.