21,038 documented killings in Syria, March 18, 2011 thru July 21, 2012

21,038 documented killings in Syria, March 18, 2011 thru July 21, 2012

  Total Victims: 21,038

  Total Places: 185

  Total Months: 17

Syria Tracker is a crowdsourced effort began collecting reports from the country in April 2011; just a few weeks after the first protests began. The members include nine US-based Arab Americans and one US-based American. After 17 months of painstaking work, we have cataloged reports on >21,000 uprising-related deaths (in 185 places throughout the 13 provinces). Checking the recent report release here through July 21, 2012, we are currently running names on more than 84% of deaths with more than 80% include video links or pictures (many we haven’t had time to update to the site, but are in our freely available database):

• Data is available in 
• Google Earth (GE) is available here (if you don't have GE, you can download it for free here)
• Detailed spreadsheet 
• Detailed daily list of each victim from March 18, 2011 thru July 21, 2012 is available here
• List of victims by place and date is available here

Unfortunately, for the security of those reporting from within Syria, most reports are not fixed to a GPS location. Users that submit reports via the website can graphically indicate a location on the map.  Reports by twitter are mapped to the lowest level of detail based on the description and recorded as a Lat Lon.  We have used an GIS application to reverse map against shapefiles for the Syrian Administrative districts at levels 1, 2, and 3, and can now correlate death reports with elements from the Syrian 2004 Census, which, although not necessarily the most current, can still provide some understanding. 

Attribution: Syria Tracker in collaboration with Syrian Martyrs

Daily Reported Deaths since UN Ceasefire on April 12, 2012 and thru July 21, 2012

Deaths by Muhafatha (Province) by Week, March 18, 2012 thru July 21, 2012

Deaths by Muhafatha (Province) by Week, March 18, 2012 thru July 21, 2012 - Notice total number of deaths exceeding 1,000 per week in the most recent week

Deaths by Muhafatha (Province) by Month, March 18, 2012 thru July 21, 2012 - Notice spike in recent month in Damascus (the Capitol) and its Suburbs

Deaths by Muhafatha (Province) by Month, March 18, 2012 thru July 21, 2012 - Notice spike in recent month in Damascus (the Capitol) and its Suburbs, also notice breaking a new threshold of over 2,500 deaths per month in recent two months

Deaths by Muhafatha (Province) by Month, March 18, 2012 thru July 21, 2012 - While Homs has sustained the largest number of victims, our prior analysis indicates that the central region of Idleb and Al Rastan (in the northern part of Hama Province) are suffering the most proportionately at nearly 1.5 per 100 persons.Damascus (the Capitol) and its suburbs have sustained a new upward trend in recent months.

Of the 21,038 documented killings as of July 21, 2012, 7 percent are women and 93 percent are men. Syria Tracker has found that the women killed were significantly younger than the men—on average, about seven years younger. The average age (in years) for men is 26; for women, 19.

The main causes of deaths for women in Syria is as follows: 43% Bombing, 24% Gunshot wound, 11% Shot by Sniper, 7% Slaughtered, 4% Open wounds, 3% Bombardment aviation, 2% Lack access to treatment, 2% Bomb explosion, 1% Under torture, and 3% Other (tear gas, burn, suffocation, etc.).

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