More than 90 percent of all combat deaths occur before the injured reach a field hospital, many of them a result of runaway hemorrhaging, or blood loss.

所有的死亡事件超过90%发生在伤员到达医院之前，其中很多是由于流血过多或失血。

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Intervening further in close combat would both increase the risk of civilian deaths and make the mission far more dangerous for coalition troops.

在近战的干预都将进一步增加平民死亡的风险，而且使这种使命远比联军更危险。

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So-called friendly fire deaths -- when troops accidentally fire on allies or their own units -- are counted among combat deaths.

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The figures take into account both combat and non-combat deaths.

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Americans are ferociously well organized, but there is very little political tolerance for combat deaths in this country, so Americans on the ground have done very little fighting in Afghanistan.

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