Jan 2 (Reuters) - The number of Iraqi civilians killed in political violence edged to a new record high in December, data from Interior Ministry officials obtained exclusively by Reuters showed on Tuesday.

The ministry's statistics are not published officially, and are widely viewed as only a partial record of violent deaths but nevertheless indicative of the trend over time.

Here is a breakdown of the 2006 figures, as obtained each month by Reuters:

Civilians Iraqi Army Police January 548 18 82 February 545 21 71 March 782 28 145 April 688 25 59 May 935 29 99 June 889 43 78 July 1,065 63 79 August 769 80 75 September 1,089 37 103 October 1,289 19 120 November 1,850 26 102 December 1,930 25 125 TOTAL 12,320 602 1,231

Note: Annual totals provided by ministry officials do not tally with monthly figures due to subsequent revisions.

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