See Information on regions with disputed or special status.

Definition of table data (see notes after table for additional information):

• Live births.
• Abortions, reported includes legal reported induced abortions.
• Abortions, residents, in country only includes reported abortions obtained within the country by residents only.
• Abortions, residents, obtained abroad includes reported abortions by country residents obtained in other countries.
• Abortions, residents, total includes reported abortions by residents, obtained both within the country and abroad.
• Fetal deaths generally includes fetal deaths or stillbirths of at least 20 weeks` gestation.
• Miscarriages generally includes spontaneous fetal losses/ abortions, fetal deaths, or stillbirths, regardless of gestation period.
• Abortion ratio is abortions per 1000 live births.
• Abortion % is abortions as percentage of pregnancies (excluding fetal deaths/miscarriages).
• Abortion rate is abortions per 1000 women of childbearing age.

Notes:

• Parenthetical figures are estimates, some of which are derived from reported data.
• Abortion ratios, percentages, and rates may be based on a mix of data from different sources and thus may not represent a consistent time series.

Sources:

• Ministry of Health-PHIC, July 2002, "Health status in Palestine: annual report 2001," MOH-PHIC, on line [http://www.moh3.com/annual20021/annindex.html].
• Ministry of Health-PHIC, July 2004, "Health indicators, health status in Palestine 2003," MOH-PHIC, on line [http://www.moh.gov.ps/pdffiles/annual2003/Health%20Indicators%20Palestine%202003.pdf].
• Save the Children and Medical Aid for Palestinians, June 2012, "Gaza's Children: Falling Behind: The Effect of the Blockade on Child Health in Gaza," Save the Children, on line [http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/sites/default/files/docs/Gazas-Children-Falling-Behind.pdf].
• United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2006, "Table 9. Live births and crude birth rates, by urban/rural residence: 2000-2004," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2004, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/DYB2004/Table09.pdf].
• United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 9 Oct. 2009, "Table 4. Vital statistics summary and expectation of life at birth: 2003-2007," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2007, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2007/Table04.pdf].
• United Nations Statistics Division, 1 July 2014, "3. Live births, deaths, and infant deaths, latest available year (1999-2013)," United Nations Statistics Division, on line [a href=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/vitstats/serATab3.pdf>https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/vitstats/serATab3.pdf].
• Palestinian National Authority Ministry of Health, April 2010, "Health Annual Report, Palestine 2009," Palestinian Ministry of Health, on line [http://www.moh.ps/attach/19.pdf].
• Palestinian National Authority Ministry of Health, April 2011, "Health Annual Report, Palestine 2010," Palestinian Ministry of Health, on line [http://www.moh.ps/attach/297.pdf].
• Palestinian National Authority Ministry of Health, June 2012, "Health Annual Report, Palestine 2011," Palestinian Ministry of Health, on line [http://www.moh.ps/attach/440.pdf].
• Palestinian National Authority Ministry of Health, July 2013, "Health Annual Report, Palestine 2012," Palestinian Ministry of Health, on line [http://www.moh.ps/attach/502.pdf].
• United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 12 Aug. 2015, "3. Live births, deaths, and infant deaths, latest available year (2000-2014)," United Nations Statistics Division, on line [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/vitstats/serATab3.pdf].

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