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Dispositions and deaths

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    RegionSurvivorsDeaths
    ArmyNavyTotalArmyNavyTotal
    1Japan
    2,372,700
    1,962,800
    4,335,500
    58,100
    45,800
    103,900
    2Bonin Islands
    15,000
    8,600
    23,600
    2,700
    12,500
    15,200
    3Okinawa
    40,900
    11,200
    52,100
    67,900
    21,500
    89,400
    4Formosa (Taiwan)
    128,100
    62,400
    190,500
    28,500
    10,600
    39,100
    5Korea
    294,200
    41,700
    335,900
    19,600
    6,900
    26,500
    6Sakhalin & Alleutian Islands
    88,000
    3,000
    91,000
    8,200
    3,200
    11,400
    7Manchuria
    664,000
    1,500
    665,500
    45,900
    800
    46,700
    8China (inc Hong Kong)
    1,055,700
    69,200
    1,124,900
    435,600
    20,100
    455,700
    9Siberia
    0
    0
    0
    52,300
    400
    52,700
    10Islands of Central Pacific
    48,600
    58,300
    106,900
    95,800
    151,400
    247,200
    11Philippines
    97,300
    29,900
    127,200
    377,500
    121,100
    498,600
    12French Indo-China (Vietnam)
    90,400
    7,800
    98,200
    7,900
    4,500
    12,400
    13Thailand
    106,000
    1,500
    107,500
    6,900
    100
    7,000
    14Burma (inc India)
    70,400
    1,100
    71,500
    163,000
    1,500
    164,500
    15Malaya & Singapore
    84,800
    49,900
    134,700
    8,500
    2,900
    11,400
    16Andaman & Nicobar Islands
    10,700
    600
    11,300
    900
    1,500
    2,400
    17Sumatra
    59,500
    100
    59,600
    2,700
    500
    3,200
    18Java
    40,400
    9,700
    50,100
    2,700
    3,800
    6,500
    19Lesser Sundas
    17,500
    3,000
    20,500
    51,800
    1,200
    53,000
    20Borneo
    18,600
    10,900
    29,500
    11,300
    6,700
    18,000
    21Celebes
    17,700
    8,800
    26,500
    1,500
    4,000
    5,500
    22Moluccas
    51,900
    19,400
    71,300
    2,600
    1,800
    4,400
    23New Guinea
    30,200
    3,600
    33,800
    112,400
    15,200
    127,600
    24Bismarck Archipelago
    57,500
    38,900
    96,400
    19,700
    10,800
    30,500
    25Solomon Islands
    12,300
    12,800
    25,100
    63,200
    25,000
    88,200
    Total
    5,472,400
    2,416,700
    7,889,100
    1,647,200
    473,800
    2,121,000

    Note: These figures were compiled by the Relief Bureau of the Ministry of Health and Welfare in March 1964.

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