Mine Casualties from 1996–2000: Bay Region, central Somalia

Mine Casualties from 1996–2000: Backool Region, central Somalia

Year	Mine Casualties		Vehicles Destroyed	Animals Killed or Injured
	Injured	Killed		Camels	Cows	Donkeys
1995	62	23	4	30	12	3
1996	182	89	9	45	29	2
1997	290	115	15	89	34	10
1998	363	162	14	135	20	8
1999	46	27	6	50	18	6
2000	26	34	2	47	19	4
Total	897	450	50	393	132	33

Casualties treated at Mogadishu Hospital (June 2000–February 2001)  

Month	Weapon Wounded	Mines	UXO	Non Weapon	Total
June 2000	73	1	2	0	76
July 2000	103	1	1	0	105
August 2000	66	0	6	0	72
Sept. 2000	90	3	2	0	95
Oct. 2000	82	4	1	0	87
Nov. 2000	74	0	1	40	155*
Dec. 2000	49	0	2	44	95
Jan. 2001	75	0	1	47	123
Feb. 2001	51	1	10	32	94

Total Number of Patients who obtained Prostheses from Hargeisa Rehabilitation Centre of Somaliland Red Crescent Society: 1994 to December 1999

	Mine	UXO/Gunshot Injury	Accident	Others	Total
Male	300	400	90	110	900
Female	58	32	8	38	136
Children	24	6	2	14	46
Total	382	438	100	162	1082

Mine Victim Statistics: Jan–Dec 2000

Region	Type of Casualty		Type of Injury Loss of Limb	UXO				Type of Device
	Human	Livestock		Male	Female	Adult	Child	UXO	AP	AT
Awdal	10	14	5	10	0	2	8	2	3	9
Dalbeed	11	8	6	9	2	8	3	0	8	3
Sahil	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
Togdeer	81	78	29	50	31	37	44	27	36	22
Sanaag	1	8	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	3
Sool	3	11	0	2	1	0	3	1	0	11
Total	107	119	40	73	34	47	60	32	48	48

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