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Nearly half a million Iraqis died as a consequence of the eight year war in their country, according to a new study.

Statistics say, for every three people killed by violence in Iraq, two of them died as a result of denied health care, transportation systems, water and other basic amenities.

If exact figures are to be believed, an estimated of total 461,000 Iraqis died between March 2013 and June 2011. The study which is published in the journal of PLOS Medicine also shows that direct or indirect result of the conflict caused these many deaths.

Most of the deaths were caused by gunshots, accounting to 62% in total. 12% of the death were caused with car bombs and the rest 9% because of other explosions. As far as non-violent deaths are concerned it was heart related diseases that took maximum lives.

Surprisingly around 56,000 deaths were missed according to the study estimates, which was a result of migration out of the country.

In March 2003, British troops has also joined the US invasion to over throw Saddam Hussein in Iraq. While the British troops ended their mission in 2009, it was only the following year when US ended the combat.

“Based on the statistical methods, the researchers are 95% confident that the true number of excess deaths lies between 48,000 and 751,000 - a large range,” the summary said according to the MSN News.

“More than two years past the end of the period covered in this study, the conflict in Iraq is far from over and continues to cost lives at alarming rates,” it added.

The estimate of the death toll is first of its kind after the one which was issued in 2006.