Technical Guidance Note on SDG Indicator 16.1.2 Number of
conflict-related deaths per 100,000 population, by sex, age
and cause
Table of Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 2
Definitions .............................................................................................................................................. 3
Conflict ................................................................................................................................................ 3
International armed conflict........................................................................................................... 4
Non-international armed conflict .................................................................................................. 4
Identifying Armed Conflict ................................................................................................................. 4
Conflict-related deaths ....................................................................................................................... 5
Direct deaths .................................................................................................................................. 5
Indirect deaths ............................................................................................................................... 5
Methodological Guidance ...................................................................................................................... 6
Concentric approach ........................................................................................................................... 6
Counting documented direct deaths ............................................................................................. 6
Estimating undocumented direct deaths ...................................................................................... 6
Estimating indirect deaths ............................................................................................................. 6
Figure 1. Concentric Approach ...................................................................................................... 7
Documented direct deaths .................................................................................................................... 7
Case specific data ................................................................................................................................ 7
Table 1. Case-specific data covered by the indicator ......................................................................... 8
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