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The following (extracted from forthcoming book Community and Communications) contrasts infant mortality rates in the Palestinian Territories to Israel. The cold maths suggests an excess of 1,400 Palestinian infant deaths of those aged under 12 months compared with their Israeli counterparts. Palestinian Territories Fertility Rate Birth Rate Infant Mortality 1975 77.1 1980 59.0 1990 6.7 45.0 (+38.0) 36.0 2000 5.4 41.0 (+36.0) 25.0 2010 4.4 32.4 (+29.1) 19.5 2015 4.1 32.1 17.1 2016 16.6 Israel A = Arab, I = Israeli, 1970I 3.8 18.0 1972I 3.8 27.0 (+20.0) 1980I 3.2 24.0 (+17.0) 15.3 1984A 34.5 (+30.5) 22.0 1990I 2.8 22.0 (+15.1) 9.7 1994A 37.9 (+34.9) 1997A 24.4 1999A 5.9 2000I 3.0 22.0 (+15.4) 5.4 2004A 39.6 (+34.8) 2009A 5.6 36.9 24.0 2010I 3.0 22.0 (+17.0) 3.7 2014I 3.1 21.5 (+16.0) 3.1 2015I 3.1 21.3 3.0 2016I 2.9 Israel The calculation of infant death. Excess infant mortality of Palestinian Territories (ca. 15/1000 births now) x birth rate per thousand (ca 32 per thousand dpopulation now) = 450 excess infant deaths per million, x 4 million population = 1,400 excess infant deaths per annum. The gap was wider in the past, according to the data. But still exists. Excess infant mortality of Palestinian Territories (ca. 40/1000 births 1980) x birth rate per thousand (ca 45 per thousand population 1980) = 2,000 excess infant deaths per million, x 1.5 million population = 3,000 excess infant deaths per annum. http://fooddeserts.org/images/000Islam.htm http://fooddeserts.org/images/000Jewish.htm Dr Hillary J. Shaw Director and Senior Research Consultant Shaw Food Solutions Newport Shropshire TF10 8QE www.fooddeserts.org