I am quite sure that confusion is partially by design too, the number of times I've seen media productions do a quick verbal slight of hand switch from fatalities to casualties whilst using both technically correctly is too damn high to be a coincidence.
Hasn't been the case as long as I've been alive, but most people think it's the case.
Trying to look over historical battles and watching people get confused between deaths and injured is effectively a recreational sport for me.
I am quite sure that confusion is partially by design too, the number of times I've seen media productions do a quick verbal slight of hand switch from fatalities to casualties whilst using both technically correctly is too damn high to be a coincidence.