%0 Journal Article
%T How to estimate (and not to estimate) war deaths: A reply to van Weezel and Spagat
%A Abraham Flaxman
%A Amy Hagopian
%A Gilbert Burnham
%A Lindsay Galway
%A Tim K. Takaro
%J Research & Politics
%@ 2053-1680
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/2053168017753901
%X Stijn van Weezel and Michael Spagat (2017) have critiqued our 2011 report of mortality in Iraq following the 2003 US-led invasion in this issue of Research & Politics. In this response, we make our case for reporting both direct and indirect excess war-related deaths (while distinguishing the difference), defend our efforts to account for survival bias, and provide evidence for including all household-reported deaths, not just those cases where a death certificate can be demonstrated. We also point out Van Weezel and Spagat¡¯s misunderstanding of our sample selection method, despite our citation of our separate paper that thoroughly describes our approach
%K War
%K mortality
%K epidemiology
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2053168017753901