{"id":203552,"date":"2006-12-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=203552"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:36:01","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:36:01","slug":"auto-insert-203552","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-203552\/","title":{"rendered":"Children – Selected statistics on OPT – UNICEF report (excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UNICEF-occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Selected statistics \t\t\t\t<\/span><\/strong><\/span>Updated 1 December 2006 <\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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Child deaths<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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·\t<\/span><\/span>At end-November, 121 children had been killed in the conflict since the beginning of 2006, far more than double last year’s total.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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·\t<\/span><\/span>Of them, 85 occurred in Gaza since 25 June; 70% were among adolescents aged 13-17.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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·\t<\/span><\/span>July’s child death toll – 40 – makes it the second most lethal month for children since the start of the Intifada.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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·\t<\/span><\/span>As of mid-November, one Israeli child had been killed due to the conflict.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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Population<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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·\t<\/span><\/span>Total population: 3.9 million; 2.4 million in the West Bank and 1.4 million in Gaza.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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·\t<\/span><\/span>Total child population: 2.2 million, including 1.4 million in the West Bank and 840,000 in the Gaza Strip. <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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·\t<\/span><\/span>100,000 children are born every year.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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General<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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·\t<\/span><\/span>70% of households are below the poverty level.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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·\t<\/span><\/span>31.1% are unemployed: 27.2% in West Bank and 39.6% in the Gaza Strip.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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·\t<\/span><\/span>There were 540 obstacles to movement including checkpoints, partial checkpoints, road blocks, earth mounts and gates as of November 2006, up from 376 the year before. <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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Health<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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·\t<\/span><\/span>3,000 children die every year from mainly preventable diseases.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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·\t<\/span><\/span>10% of children are stunted: 11% in Gaza and 9% in West Bank.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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Education<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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·\t<\/span><\/span>144 schools were disrupted during the scholastic year 2005\/2006, affecting 64,712 students and 2,470 teachers.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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·\t<\/span><\/span>58.9% of young people aged 10-24 years of age say their first concern is education. <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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Child Protection and Adolescents<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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·\t<\/span><\/span>340 Palestinian children remained in Israeli detention centers at end-November.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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·\t<\/span><\/span>¼ of families say their children have behavioural problems such as difficulty concentrating in school, aggression or withdrawal.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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