Home›Sources›Mortality and kidnapping estimates for the Yazidi population in the area of Mount Sinjar, Iraq, in August 2014: A retrospective household surveySourcesMortality and kidnapping estimates for the Yazidi population in the area of Mount Sinjar, Iraq, in August 2014: A retrospective household surveyCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Mortality and kidnapping estimates for the Yazidi population in the area of Mount Sinjar, Iraq, in August 2014: A retrospective household survey." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/mortality-and-kidnapping-estimates-for-the-yazidi-population-in-the-area-of-mount-sinjar-iraq-in-august-2014-a-retrospective-household-survey.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Mortality and kidnapping estimates for the Yazidi population in the area of Mount Sinjar, Iraq, in August 2014: A retrospective household survey. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/mortality-and-kidnapping-estimates-for-the-yazidi-population-in-the-area-of-mount-sinjar-iraq-in-august-2014-a-retrospective-household-surveyCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-mortality-and-kidnapping-estimates-for-t, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Mortality and kidnapping estimates for the Yazidi population in the area of Mount Sinjar, Iraq, in August 2014: A retrospective household survey}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/mortality-and-kidnapping-estimates-for-the-yazidi-population-in-the-area-of-mount-sinjar-iraq-in-august-2014-a-retrospective-household-survey}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXMortality and kidnapping estimates for the Yazidi population in the area of Mount Sinjar, Iraq, in August 2014, Valeria Cetorelli and colleagues' 2017 study in PLOS Medicine, uses a retrospective household survey method standard in humanitarian mortality research to estimate roughly 3,100 people killed and 6,800 abducted. Its strength is a peer reviewed survey methodology with transparent confidence intervals, one of the more rigorous available figures for the atrocity. Its limit is that any survey of a violently displaced population carries irreducible uncertainty, which is why the figures are stated as estimates rather than a count.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (14 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Valeria Cetorelli and colleagues' 2017 study in PLOS Medicine on Yazidi mortality and kidnapping in the area of Mount Sinjar, the top tier reflecting a peer reviewed survey methodology standard in humanitarian mortality research, with transparent confidence intervals around its roughly 3,100 killed and 6,800 abducted estimates, notwithstanding that any survey of a violently displaced population carries irreducible uncertainty, which is why the figures are stated as estimates rather than a count.NotesWell-attestedAbout 3,100 killed and about 6,800 abducted.CitationAuthorWell-attestedValeria Cetorelli and othersPublisherWell-attestedPLOS MedicinePublication YearWell-attested2017URLWell-attestedhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002297Source TypeWell-attestedpeer-reviewed articleCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithIraq, Countries Well-attested This source names Iraq directly: "in the area of Mount Sinjar, Iraq, in August 2014, Valeria Cetorelli and colleagues' 2017 study in PLOS Medicine, uses a retrospective household survey method standard in humanitarian mortality..."Source Mortality and kidnapping estimates for the Yazidi population in the area of Mount Sinjar, Iraq, in August 2014: A retrospective household surveyValeria Cetorelli and otherstier 1Claims Backed By This Source (14 claims)This source backs 14 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.Religious Events, 3 claims: 2 scholarly debate, 1 general references.Organizations, 1 claims: 1 general references.Religions, 1 claims: 1 general references.Well-attested8SourcesMortality and kidnapping estimates for the Yazidi population in the area of Mount Sinjar, Iraq, in August 2014: A retrospective household surveyScholarly debate2Religious EventsThe Yazidi GenocideHolds1SourcesMortality and kidnapping estimates for the Yazidi population in the area of Mount Sinjar, Iraq, in August 2014: A retrospective household surveyGeneral References3OrganizationsIslamic StateReligionsYazidismReligious EventsThe Yazidi GenocideComments (0)No comments yet. 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