What do these numbers mean?

In My Humble Opinion
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  1. Religious Conflict & War. Political conflict has drastically increased over the years. Terrorism and the rise of religiously-motivated insurgent groups have forced the hand of several governments. As a result, defense spending around the world has risen steadily since 1995 to $1.7 trillion. While terrorism may be on the rise, the good news is that diplomacy and peace efforts have decreased the number of civil wars and intra-state conflicts around the world from 16 per 100,000 to about 1 per 100,000.

100,000 what??? 16 what???

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Good question. What source are you quoting from? (I couldn’t find any reference to “16 per 100,000” in the source you linked to.)

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Ditto.
Consider asking the auhor.

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https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=0d3447df3f157e45JmltdHM9MTY2MDkyNzM1OCZpZ3VpZD1iZTVkNGI3My02ZDBkLTQyYjUtYWE2MC1lYzRiMTljYzc5Y2MmaW5zaWQ9NTE4Mg&ptn=3&hsh=3&fclid=ef3dee57-1fdd-11ed-9243-896a4d62e330&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly9ib3JnZW5wcm9qZWN0Lm9yZy9iaWdnZXN0LWlzc3Vlcy1pbi10aGUtd29ybGQv&ntb=1

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The only thing that seems to make a little bit of sense is that maybe they mean 1 out of 100,000 people is somehow affected by religious conflict of some kind. But even that is extremely weak.

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Yeah, I think they really need to provide a better explanation and/or cite for a claim like that.

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That’s how I would interpret it, lacking any additional information. But, I agree, it’s not clear.

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I expect it’s people killed in war. This international statistic on causes of death lists deaths from “conflict” at about 0.82 per 100,000 in 2019.