ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Mortality Patterns in the West Bank, Palestinian Territories, 1999-2003

Age, y	Female	Male
>80	0.6	0.5
75–79	0.7	0.6
70–74	1.1	0.9
65–69	1.5	1.1
60–64	1.7	1.3
55–59	2	1.6
50–54	2.3	2.1
45–49	2.9	2.9
40–44	4.2	4.3
35–39	5.3	5.4
30–34	6.6	6.7
25–29	7.7	7.8
20–24	8.8	9.0
15–19	10.2	10.4
10–14	12.3	12.5
5–9	14.6	14.9
0–4	17.5	17.7

Figure 1. Palestinian Territories Population Structure, 2000. Adapted from reference 12.

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Country	Age- and Sex-Standardized Mortality Rate
Saudi Arabia	1075
Egypt	898
Algeria	794
Lebanon	737
Palestine (West Bank)	698.5
Bahrain	618
US	475
United Kingdom	464
Cyprus	444
Israel	442
Spain	429
Italy	420

Figure 2. Age- and Sex-Standardized Mortality Rate per 100,000 Population for Selected Countries, 1999-2003

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Age, y	Communicable Diseases	Noncommunicable Diseases	Injuries
<1	48.6	48.5	2.9
1-4	26.1	47.6	26.3
5-14	22.6	44.7	32.7
15-24	16.7	27.7	55.6
25-34	14.3	40.5	45.2
35-44	7.5	68.8	23.7
45-54	4.4	88.5	7.0
55-64	3.2	94.1	2.7
65-74	3.7	95.0	1.3
>75	3.3	95.6	1.1

Figure 3. Distribution of Mortality Rates by Age Group — Palestinian Territories, West Bank, 1999-2003

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ORIGINAL RESEARCH Mortality Patterns in the West Bank, Palestinian Territories, 1999-2003

ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Mortality Patterns in the West Bank, Palestinian Territories, 1999-2003