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Table 1 Estimated completeness of death registry of West Bank, 1999-2009

From: Cancer mortality in the West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territory

Year

Midyear populationa

N. deaths observed (a)

N. deaths expected

% of completeness

1997 census estimates (b)

2007 census estimates (c)

Min (a) × 100/ (b)

Max (a) × 100/ (c)

1997

1,787,562

5,303

8,688

6,256

61.0

84.0

1998

1,818,114

5,303

8,600

6,327

61.7

83.8

1999

1,853,122

5,303

8,487

6,412

62.5

82.7

2000

1,892,657

5,473

8,422

6,511

65.0

84.1

2001

1,943,329

4,905

8,395

6,646

58.4

73.8

2002

2,003,852

5,598

8,436

6,813

66.4

82.2

2003

2,066,279

5,786

8,472

6,984

68.3

82.8

2004

2,130,491

5,902

8,543

7,158

69.1

82.4

2005

2,196,418

5,813

8,610

7,336

67.5

79.2

2006

2,257,682

4,996

8,692

7,496

57.5

66.7

2007

2,323,469

5,859

8,783

7,667

66.7

76.4

2008

2,385,180

6,425

8,849

7,823

72.6

82.1

2009

2,448,433

6,469

8,937

7,982

72.4

81.0

  1. aSource: Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics