afterlife vs casualty

afterlife

noun
  • The effects of a person's actions, or their reputation, after death. 

  • The place believed to be inhabited by people who have died. 

  • A conscious existence after death. 

  • The events or situations that result from a particular event; the later reception, consumption or reworking of a cultural production such as a film, book, etc. 

  • The part of a person's life that follows a particular stage or event; later life. 

casualty

noun
  • Specifically, a person who has been killed (not only injured) due to an accident or through an act of violence; a fatality. 

  • Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster. 

  • An incidental charge or payment. 

  • A person in military service who becomes unavailable for duty, for any reason (notably death, injury, illness, capture, or desertion). 

  • The accident and emergency department of a hospital providing immediate treatment; a casualty department or emergency room. 

  • A person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence. 

  • Someone or something adversely affected by a decision, event or situation. 

How often have the words afterlife and casualty occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )