The dataset includes both civilian and military casualties. Conflicts that are currently active are typically undercounted since fatalities are only added to the database when they can be documented by a third party (i.e. not one of the participants in the conflict). In the case of Russia and Ukraine, most of the casualty reports are coming from the Russian and Ukrainian governments. The database currently lists approximately 65,000 confirmed fatalities up to November 2022 which are shown in the chart.

For the Rwandan genocide, the chart shows approximately 550,000 fatalities which is in line with the general scholarly consensus. Note that the bright spot indicates a large number of overlapping events that occurred at roughly the same time.