Editing Ulster Defence Association (section)

==Deaths as a result of activity==
[[File:UDA memorial plaque.JPG|thumb|right|UDA South Belfast Brigade memorial plaque in Sandy Row]]
Malcolm Sutton's ''Index of Deaths from the Conflict in Ireland'', part of the [[Conflict Archive on the Internet]] (CAIN), states that the UDA/UFF was responsible for at least 260 killings, and lists a further 256 loyalist killings that have not yet been attributed to a particular group.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/tables/Organisation_Responsible.html |title=Sutton Index of Deaths: Organisation responsible for the death |publisher=[[Conflict Archive on the Internet]] (CAIN) |access-date=1 September 2014 |archive-date=9 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709035408/http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/tables/Organisation_Responsible.html |url-status=live }}</ref> According to the book ''Lost Lives'' (2006 edition), it was responsible for 431 killings.<ref name=lostlives-stats>[[David McKittrick]] et al. ''Lost Lives: The Stories of the Men, Women and Children who Died as a Result of the Northern Ireland Troubles''. Random House, 2006. pp. 1551–54</ref>

Of those killed by the UDA/UFF:<ref name="cain.ulst.ac.uk"/>
* 209 (~80%) were civilians, 12 of whom were civilian political activists
* 11 (~4%) were members or former members of republican paramilitary groups
* 37 (~14%) were members or former members of loyalist paramilitary groups
* 3 (~1%) were members of the British security forces

The CAIN database says there were 91 UDA members and four former members killed in the conflict.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/tables/Status.html |title=Sutton Index of Deaths: Status of the person killed |publisher=[[Conflict Archive on the Internet]] (CAIN) |access-date=1 September 2014 |archive-date=14 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514142516/http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/tables/Status.html |url-status=live }}</ref>