General

National

Gaza

Population – National Institute for Statistics (INE) projection for 2004

19 million

1,333,540

Children under age 18 (2004)

9,613,470

647,320

% of population that live below poverty line (2003)

54%

60.1%

Mortality

 

 

Under five mortality rate (2003)

178

156

Infant mortality rate (2003)

124

92

Nutritional status

 

 

Chronic malnutrition among children 0-5 years (stunting) (2003)

41%

34%

Acute malnutrition among children 0-5 years (wasting) (2003)

4%

6.7%

Children underweight between 0-5 years (2003)

23.7%

22.6%

Water and Sanitation

 

 

Access to safe drinking water (2003)

35.7%

50.2%

Access to sanitation (2003)

44.8%

69.4%

HIV/AIDS

 

 

HIV/AIDS Prevalence among 15- 49 year olds (2002)

13.6%

16.4%

Immunization

 

 

Children 12-23 months fully immunised (DPTHepB) (2003)

63.3%

82.3%

Children 12-23 months immunised against measles (2003)

76.7%

91.7%

Education and Illiteracy

 

 

Primary net enrolment rate (2003)

61%

79.2%

Adult illiteracy rate (2003)

53.6%

47.4%

Female illiteracy rate (2003)

68%

55.9%

Maternity care and adoslescent fertility

 

 

Fertility Rate (2003)

5.5

5.4

Births attended by skilled health personnel (2003)

47.7%

60.6%

Births in health institutions (2003)

49%

63.1%

Communication

 

 

Total % of population with radios (2003)

45.5%

34.1%

* The number of children enrolled in a level in primary school, regardless of age, divided by the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the same level. If the gross enrolment rate is much higher than the net enrolment, this indicates that many children who attend primary school exceed the age group.

** The number of children enrolled in primary school who belong to the age group that officially corresponds to primary schooling, divided by the total population of the same age group.