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Are raw numbers the best measure of an atrocitys impact? Wouldn it be better to calculate death tolls as a percentage of the overall population per year, instead of just the absolute total?

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Are raw numbers the best measure of an atrocitys impact? Wouldn it be better to calculate death tolls as a percentage of the overall population per year, instead of just the absolute total?

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Unfortunately, numbers like that are often slanted by how you chose your populations and times. They open up too many possibilities to manipulate the numbers.