i did some research on life expectancy and infant mortality for palestine and uganda and somalia. if you think those are unfair indicators, feel free to suggest some other ones.
from the CIA world factbook for Uganda http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/print/ug.html
Infant mortality rate:
total: 87.9 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 80.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
male: 95.41 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 44.88 years
male: 43.42 years
female: 46.38 years (2003 est.)
for somalia http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/print/so.html
Infant mortality rate:
total: 120.34 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 110.56 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
male: 129.84 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 47.34 years
male: 45.67 years
female: 49.05 years (2003 est.)
now for palestinians, i'll get 3 sources.
http://www.socwatch.org.uy/en/fichasPais/ampliado_173.html
infant mortality 32 in 1990 and 22 in 2000.
life expectancy 72.1 in 2000
http://216.239.57.104/search?q=cache:_3LiZXsR1_gJ:www.worldbank.org/data/countrydata/aag/wbg_aag.pdf+palestine+life+expectancy&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
infant mortality 20 for west bank and gaza. 37 for middle east and north africa.
life expectancy 73 for west bank and gaza. 69 for middle east and north africa
and a 3rd source just to make sure: http://www.undp.org/hdr2003/indicator/cty_f_PSE.html
infant mortality in 1992 says 42, but in 2001 down to 21
life expectancy for 2001 = 72.1
oh also here's some nice comparison charts with loads of countries:
infant mortality: http://www.undp.org/hdr2003/indicator/indic_289.html
life expectancy: http://www.undp.org/hdr2003/indicator/indic_1_1_1.html
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