A special bulletin on the Palestinians - Palestinian Central Bureau of ...

• Population projections indicate that crude birth rate will drop from 32.8 births per 1000 of thepopulation in 2011 to 31.9 births in 2015. Estimated crude death rates are expected to declinefrom 4.0 deaths per 1000 of the population in 2011 to 3.6 deaths per 1000 in 2015 in the Palestinianterritory.• Life expectancy in 2011 in the Palestinian territory reached 72.4 years (71.0 males and 73.9 females).Life expectancy reached 72.8 years in West Bank (71.4 males and 74.3 females); whilelife expectancy in the Gaza Strip reached 71.8 years (70.5 males and 73.2 females).Social Situation in the Palestinian territory:• Number of operating hospitals in the Palestinian territory reached 76 hospitals in 2010. 32.9 %of these hospitals are supervised by the Ministry of Health; 1.3% by UNRWA; 39.5% by nongovernmentalorganizations and 26.3% by the private sector.• Number of primary health care centers in the Palestinian territory reached 706 centers in 2010.64.1% of these centers are supervised by the Ministry of Health; 8.3% by UNRWA and 27.5%by non-governmental organizations.• Data of 2010 indicated that 22.5% of individuals aged 18 years and above in the PalestinianTerritory were reported as smokers; 26.9% in the West Bank and 14.6% in the Gaza Strip.• Data of 2010 indicated that there is a slight increase in using family planning tools where52.5% of women aged 15-49 use family planning tools in the Palestinian territory (55.1% inWest Bank and 48.1% in the Gaza Strip). Data also indicated that 99.2% of women of the sameage group in the Palestinian territory received health care by a qualified personnel during theirlast pregnancy (4 visits at least) (99.3% in West Bank and 99.2% in the Gaza Strip)• Data of 2010 indicated that 10.6% of children less than 5 years suffer from severe malnutrition(stunting) in the Palestinian territory (11.3% in West Bank and 9.9% in the Gaza Strip); 3.3%suffer from wasting (2.8% in West Bank and 3.8% in the Gaza Strip) and 3.7% suffer fromunderweight (3.8% in West Bank and 3.5% in the Gaza Strip). The results of the Labor Forcesurvey 1995 indicated that the percentage of individuals aged 15 and over who have finishedbachelor and above reached 4.3% and percentage of those who have completed any educationalstage reached 26.5%. While the results of the Labor Force survey 2010 indicated that the percentageof individuals aged 15 and over who have finished bachelor and above reached 10.4%and percentage of those who have completed any educational stage reached 11.2%.• The results of the Labor Force survey 1995 indicated that illiteracy rate among individualsaged 15 and over in the Palestinian territory reached 15.7% (15.9% in West Bank and 15.1% inthe Gaza Strip). While the results of the Labor Force survey 2010 indicated that illiteracy rateamong individuals aged 15 and over in the Palestinian territory reached 5.1%.Illiteracy gap issignificantly noticed among males and females at 2.4% for males and 7.8% for females in 2010.• Results drawn from database of the education survey of the scholastic year 1994/1995 that thenumber of schools in that year reached 1,474 in the Palestinian territory. The number of studentswas 617,868 students and number of teachers was 19,843 teachers. Results drawn fromdatabase of the education survey of the scholastic year 2010/2011 that the number of schoolsin that year reached 2,652 schools in the Palestinian territory. The number of students reached1,116,991 students who study in 36,320 classes and number of teachers reached 47,652 teachers.• Results of the education survey of the scholastic year 1994/1995 indicated that the number ofstudents who joined universities and colleges which grant bachelor degree and over reached29,380 students and the number of students who joined colleges which grant diploma degree4