Wounded trooper units

By TIE wing, in Rules

If a unit (let's say, a clone trooper unit) has at least 1 dead mini, does it count as them being wounded?

No, a wounded mini is one with a wound token on it.

The Wounds entry in the RRG (page 74) defines what is considered a wounded unit. Long story short, you need to physically have a wound token assigned to the unit. Just having dead models is not considered wounded.