July 20 (Reuters) - The average number of daily attacks in Iraq hit a new high in June, as the final U.S. troop deployments for President George W. Bush's "surge" strategy arrived in the country.

Attack statistics obtained by Reuters from the Defense Department showed a June average of 177.8 attacks per day on coalition and Iraqi forces, civilians and infrastructure.

That surpassed a previous daily peak of 176.5 attacks in October 2006 and made June's daily total the highest since Bush declared major combat operations at an end in May 2003.

Total attacks in June were lower than those recorded in May and in October 2006. But because June has only 30 days, the daily average was higher than those of previous months.

Following are tables of monthly attack statistics for October 2006 and the first six months of 2007. The data includes raw figures provided by the Defense Department and analyzed by Reuters. * OCTOBER 2006 (31 days)-------------------

Attacks on:

Infrastructure........6

Civilians..........1278

Iraqi forces........976

Coalition forces...3212

Total..............5472

Daily average.......176.5 * JANUARY 2007 (31 days)-------------------

Attacks on:

Infrastructure.......19

Civilians...........897

Iraqi forces........946

Coalition forces...3301

Total..............5163

Daily average.......166.5 * FEBRUARY (28 days)-----------------------

Attacks on:

Infrastructure.......16

Civilians...........740

Iraqi forces........850

Coalition forces...2955

Total..............4561

Daily average.......162.9 * MARCH (31 days)--------------------------

Attacks on:

Infrastructure........9

Civilians...........826

Iraqi forces........937

Coalition forces...3112

Total..............4884

Daily average.......157.5 * APRIL (30 days)--------------------------

Attacks on:

Infrastructure.......13

Civilians...........875

Iraqi forces........966

Coalition forces...3051

Total..............4905

Daily average.......163.5 * MAY (31 days)----------------------------

Attacks on:

Infrastructure.......23

Civilians...........932

Iraqi forces........987

Coalition forces...3423

Total..............5365

Daily average.......173.1 * JUNE (30 days)---------------------------

Attacks on:

Infrastructure.......12

Civilians...........763

Iraqi forces........889

Coalition forces...3671

Total..............5335

Daily average.......177.8

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