Statistics for Deadliest Events in American History

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Category	Fatalities	Answer	% Correct
Disease	1,127,152	COVID-19 pandemic	80%
Violence	405,399	World War II	78%
Violence	655,000	American Civil War	76%
Violence	116,516	World War I	76%
Violence	2,996	September 11 attacks	71%
Violence	58,220	Vietnam War	69%
Violence	31,000	American Revolutionary War	58%
Violence	4,492	Iraq War	58%
Violence	36,516	Korean War	53%
Violence	2,325	War in Afghanistan	53%
Violence	2,446	Spanish-American War	51%
Natural Disaster	>3,000	1906 San Francisco earthquake	42%
Violence	13,283	Mexican-American War	40%
Violence	15,000	War of 1812	40%
Disease	700,000	HIV/AIDS pandemic	38%
Violence	2,467	Attack on Pearl Harbor	24%
Natural Disaster	6,000 to 12,000	1900 Galveston hurricane	18%
Disease	675,000	1918 influenza pandemic	16%
Natural Disaster	2,982	Hurricane Maria	11%
Natural Disaster	2,209	Johnston flood	11%
Violence	4,196	Philippine-American War	9%
Disease	116,000	1957-1958 influenza pandemic	7%
Disease	100,000	1968 influenza pandemic	7%
Natural Disaster	2,000	1893 Cheniere Caminada hurricane	4%
Natural Disaster	3,389	1899 San Ciriaco hurricane	4%
Natural Disaster	5,000	1936 North American heat wave	4%
Natural Disaster	>4,000	Great Flood of 1862	2%
Natural Disaster	2,823	1928 Okeechobee hurricane	0%