Israel in numbers: most crowded in Bnei Brak; most cancer fatalities

Towards Rosh Hashana 5773, the Central Bureau of Statistics is publishing a series of data about Israeli citizens:


The Israeli population numbers
about 7,933,200 people, out of which 5,978,600 are Jews, 1,636,600 are Arabs and 318,000 "others".

In 2010, 47,855 couples got married in Israel, out of which 75% are Jews and 21% Moslems. 13,042 couples got divorced this year, out of which 80% are Jews and 13% Moslems. In 2011 the trend continued to rise in the average number of children per Jewish woman which is estimated at 2.98 children per woman – the highest level which was measured since 1977.

In contrast, the falling trend of average number of children per Moslem women, which reached 3.51 children per woman, continued.

In 2011, 16,892 new Olim reached Israel – a rise of 1.5% in comparison to 2010. The countries from which the highest number of Olim came are Russia (3,678), Ethiopia (2,666), the USA (2,363), Ukraine (2,051) and France (1,775).

The rate of immigration balance of Israeli residents stands on 0.7 per thousand residents. This is the lowest rate which has been reported in more than 30 years.
In the districts of the Central Israel, Judea and Samaria and Haifa, there was a positive immigration in 2011, in contrast to the Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, the north and south districts which reported a negative immigration. Jerusalem is especially outstanding – during the year 7,300 people left the city.

In 2011, the population density in Israel reached 347 people per square kilometer, a huge rise of about 20% within a decade (288 people per sq. meter in 2000).

The densest district in Israel is the Tel Aviv district, in which an average of 7,522 people per sq. km. live – in contrast to 79% only in the southern district. The densest city in Israel is Bnei Brak, with 22,145 people per sq. km.

Among the families in Israel, about 24% are families of couples without children, and about 49% are couples with children up to the age of 17. About 6% of the families in Israel are single-parent families with children up to the age of 17. The Tel Aviv district is characterized by the highest rate of couples without children – about 34%.
The Jerusalem and South districts are characterized by the highest percentage of single-parent families with children up to the age of 17. The highest average of people per family has been documented in the Judea and Samaria area (4.7 per family) and the lowest is in Tel Aviv (3.2).

The life expectancy in Israel in 2011 was 80 years among men and 83.6 among women (a rise of 2.7 and 2.4 years accordingly throughout the last decade). The life expectancy of Jews in Israel is higher than that of Arabs. In 2011 the difference was 4.2 years for men, and 3 years for women).

Life expectancy in Israel is relatively high to the OECD countries and is rated in second place among men (after Switzerland) and the eighth place for women.

The main cause of death in 2010 in Israel was cancer (26.3%) and cardiac diseases (16.3%). 5.8% of the total number of death cases were as a result of diabetes and neurological blood vessel diseases. 16% of those 20 years and older in Israel are in a state of putting on weight or overweight and 33% in a state of obesity.

31% of Israelis regularly do physical exercise at least 3 times a week (34% of men and 28% of women) 24% of 20 years and over smoke at least one cigarette a day (31% of men and 17% of women). Among smokers, 58% smoke more than 10 cigarettes a day, 46% started smoking before the age of 18 and 22% of smokers are trying to quit smoking.
In 2011 a drop of about 4% in the number of road accidents with casualties occurred, and a drop of about 3% in the number of death cases, in contrast to 2010 (341 people killed in contrast to 352 in 2010). In addition, a drop of about 20% in the number of severe casualties has occurred. In 2009, the rate of death cases in road accidents in Israel was 4 people per 100 thousand residents, in contrast to 11 in the USA and 13 in Greece and Romania.

In 2011, the building of 45 thousand new apartments was started – a rise of 12% in contrast to 2010. At the same time, a moderate rise of only 2% occurred in the number of apartments whose building was completed in 2011. In 2011 there was a drop in the number of new apartments which were sold in buildings with a private initiative, in contrast to 2010.

42,745 airplanes landed in Israel during 2011- a rise of 5.55% in comparison to the previous year. In addition, a rise of 7% occurred in the number of incoming and outgoing passengers. 36 million people travelled by train in the passing year – without a meaningful change in the number of passengers in the last three year. At the same time, a rise of about 4% in the length of railway in Israel took place, after a similar rise was documented in 2010. 460 thousand passengers passed through airports in 2011 – a drop of 21% in comparison to 2010.

In 2010, Israelis consumed an average of 193 kg. of vegetables per person, 190 kg fruit, 138 grains, 166 liters of milk, 21 kg of sugar and candies, 68 kg meat, 7 kg of fish and 248 eggs.

The level of the Dead Sea continues to drop at a rate of more than a meter per year, and in December 2011 reached an unprecedented low level of 425.5 meter under sea level. The Kineret's level in November 2011 reached -213.7.

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