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Written question asked by Andrew George (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 17 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 19 January 2006. It was answered by Hilary Benn (Labour) on Wednesday, 25 January 2006 on behalf of the Department for International Development.


Iraq

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the life expectancy at birth has been in Iraq in each of the past four years.
Answer

DFID does not have a four year series of figures from the same source; using a variety of sources, the life expectancy at birth in Iraq is reported as follows:

Average life expectancy atbirth (years)
Males Females Source
1997 58 59 Iraqi Central Statistical Organisation (GSO)
2001 59.2 62.3 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
2003 50 61 World Health Organisation (WHO)

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
44446; 441 c2145W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Women Iraq Men Life expectancy
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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