[Impact of living in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip on chronic disease among the Jewish population].

Objective: To assess chronic physical morbidity in the terror-prone Jewish population of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (WBGS).

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study based on electronic medical records. Included in the study were 24,551 members aged 26 years or older: 8,304 inhabitants of eleven Jewish settlements in the WBGS and 16,247 inhabitants of eleven settlements inside the 1967 borders of Israel.