Alarming numbers from pandemics

I got the following info from this links.

What does a pandemic mean in terms of the death rate? Would it necessarily be severe?


Pandemics can vary quite a bit in severity. The 1918 pandemic killed many more Americans than an ordinary flu, while the 1968 version killed about 34,000 people — about the same number killed each year by seasonal flu, according to CDC statistics.

The world generally experiences at least two flu pandemics each century. Historically, the 20th century saw 3 pandemics of influenza:

• The 1918 influenza pandemic caused at least 675,000 U.S. deaths and up to 50 million deaths worldwide.
  
• The 1957 influenza pandemic caused at least 70,000 U.S. deaths and 1-2 million deaths worldwide.
  
• The 1968 influenza pandemic caused about 34,000 U.S. deaths and 700,000 deaths worldwide.
  

In 1957 millions die because of influenza pandemic, oh my!
34,000 deaths each year killed by seasonal flu?
How many deaths in Iraq so far? Diseases sometimes kill more than guns do.