Al-Adili Nadim, Shaheen Mohammad, Bergström Staffan, Johansson Annika
Al-Quds University, School of Public Health, Jerusalem, Palestinian Occupied Territories.
Reprod Health Matters. 2008 May;16(31):112-21. doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(08)31340-8.
A study in 2000-2001 of causes of death of women of reproductive age (15-49) in the West Bank, Palestinian Occupied Territories, found that 154 of the 411 deceased women aged 15-49 with known marital status were single. Death notification forms for reported deaths were analysed and verbal autopsies carried out, where possible, with relatives of the deceased women. We found important differences in the age at death and causes of death among the single and married women, which can be attributed to the disadvantaged social status of single women in Palestinian society, exacerbated by the current unstable political situation. 41% of the deceased single women were under 25 years of age at death compared to 8% of the married women. The proportion of violent deaths and suicides among the single women was almost twice as high as among the married women, mainly in those below age 25. The single women were also more likely to die from medical conditions which indicated that they faced barriers to accessing health care. The fieldwork was conducted at the height of the Intifada and the Israeli military response, with heavy restrictions on mobility, limiting the possibility of probing deeper into the circumstances surrounding sensitive deaths. More research into the socio-cultural context of single women in Palestine society is needed as a basis for intervention.
2000 - 2001年对巴勒斯坦被占领土约旦河西岸育龄妇女（15 - 49岁）死因的一项研究发现，在411名已知婚姻状况的15 - 49岁死亡妇女中，有154人单身。对报告死亡的死亡通知单进行了分析，并尽可能与已故妇女的亲属进行了口头尸检。我们发现单身和已婚妇女在死亡年龄和死因方面存在重要差异，这可归因于巴勒斯坦社会单身妇女的弱势社会地位，当前不稳定的政治局势使其更加恶化。41%的已故单身妇女死亡时年龄在25岁以下，而已婚妇女这一比例为8%。单身妇女中暴力死亡和自杀的比例几乎是已婚妇女的两倍，主要集中在25岁以下的人群。单身妇女也更有可能死于表明她们在获得医疗保健方面面临障碍的疾病。实地调查是在起义高潮和以色列军事回应期间进行的，行动受到严格限制，限制了深入调查敏感死亡事件周边情况的可能性。需要对巴勒斯坦社会单身妇女的社会文化背景进行更多研究，作为干预的基础。
