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Deaths in Gaza
As the Gaza conflict continues, why are men over-represented in civilian death tolls, and how are the statistics gathered? Tim Harford and Ruth Alexander report.
As the Gaza conflict continues, the fact that there are estimated to be nearly three times as many men as women among the Palestinian civilian casualties has been an issue in the spotlight. Tim Harford and Ruth Alexander look at why men are often over-represented in civilian death tolls, and how the statistics in this conflict are being gathered.
Presenter: Tim Harford
Producer: Ruth Alexander
(Image: Five Palestinian men sit on next to a destroyed bus on August 20, 2014. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)
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Mon 25 Aug 2014
08:50GMT
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