 QUICKSTAT on REGION V - BICOL July 2008 A monthly update of NSO's most requested statistics | |||
| INDICATOR | REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA | ||
| PRICES | June 2008 | May 2008 | June 2007 |
| Consumer Price Index (2000=100) | 155.3 | 151.6 r | 139.6 |
| Inflation rate | 11.2 | 8.9 | 2.9 |
| Purchasing power of the peso | 0.64 | 0.66 | 0.72 |
| DOMESTIC TRADE (quantity in thousand tons; value in P1,000) |
3rd Qtr 2007 |
2nd Qtr 2007 |
3rd Qtr 2006 |
| Coastwise trade | |||
| Quantity | 49,079 | 70,008 | 49,016 |
| Value | 1,336,172 | 1,845,015 | 1,303,098 |
| Rail trade | |||
| Quantity | - | - | 93 |
| Value | - | - | 2,288 |
| Air trade | |||
| Quantity | 125 | 55 | 109 |
| Value | 2,803 | 1,203 | 3,589 |
| LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (Source: LFS) 6/ | Apr 2008 | Jan 2008 | Apr 2007 |
| Labor force (in thousand) | - | 3,203 | 3,185 |
| Labor force participation rate | 66.2 | 63.9 | 66.2 |
| Employment rate | 93.5 | 93.8 | 94.7 |
| Unemployment rate | 6.5 | 6.2 | 5.3 |
| CONSTRUCTION (Floor area in square meters; value in P1,000) |
3rd Qtr 2007 |
2nd Qtr 2007 |
3rd Qtr 2006 |
| Total (number) | 537 | 635 | 373 |
| Total floor area | 74,139 | 86,502 | 48,348 |
| Value | 417,294 | 452,240 | 292,956 |
| Residential (number) | 386 | 449 | 248 |
| Total floor area | 46,785 | 66,558 | 31,355 |
| Value | 233,754 | 311,747 | 178,710 |
| Nonresidential (number) | 63 | 56 | 56 |
| Total floor area | 27,154 | 19,429 | 16,802 |
| Value | 146,487 | 94,007 | 90,537 |
| Additions (number) | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Total floor area | 200 | 515 | 191 |
| Value | 580 | 1,910 | 595 |
| Alterations/repairs (number) | 86 | 126 | 67 |
| Value | 36,472 | 44,574 | 23,114 |
| BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY (Sources: CPBI-1999/ASPBI-2001/2003) |
2003 | 2001 | 1999 |
| Number of establishments (CPBI and ASPBI with 20 or more workers) |
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| Agriculture and forestry/Agriculture, hunting and forestry | 5 | 8 | - |
| Fishery/Fishing | 14 | 7 | 10 |
| Mining and quarrying | 4 | - | 5 |
| Manufacturing | 51 | 58 | 65 |
| Electricity, gas, and water | 30 | 25 | 36 |
| Construction | 8 | 7 | 11 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 73 | 77 | - |
| Hotels and restaurants | 36 | 36 | 57 |
| Transportation/Transport, storage and communications | 36 | 40 | 41 |
| Financial intermediation | 8 | 24 | 37 |
| Real estate/Real estate, renting and business activities | 9 | 17 | 19 |
| Education/Private education | 98 | 93 | 104 |
| Health/Health and social work | 17 | 16 | 23 |
| Other community, social and personal services | 11 | 17 | 17 |
| FAMILY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE (Source: FIES) (in peso, at current prices) |
2003p | 2000 | 1997 |
| Annual average family income | 109,365 | 95,299 | 77,132 |
| Annual average family expenditure | 94,388 | 82,366 | 67,012 |
| Annual average family saving | 14,977 | 12,933 | 10,120 |
| DEMOGRAPHY 2007 | 2000 | 1995 | 1990 |
| Total population 5,109,798 | 4,686,669 | 4,325,307 | 3,910,001 |
| Urban | 1,295,761 | - | 1,048,333 |
| Rural | 3,390,908 | - | 2,861,668 |
| Male | 51.1% | 50.7% | 50.8% |
| Female | 48.9% | 49.3% | 49.2% |
| 0-14 years | 41.1% | 41.6% | 42.8% |
| 15-64 years | 54.6% | 54.1% | 53.2% |
| 65 years and over | 4.4% | 4.3% | 4.0% |
| Density (persons per square kilometer) | 265.0 | 381.6 | 343.1 |
| Growth rate 1.23 | 1.68 | 1.91 | 1.11 |
| Average household size | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.5 |
| 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | |
| Population projection (medium assumption) 1/ | 5,497,200 | 5,392,300 | 5,289,500 |
| VITAL STATISTICS | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 |
| Registered births 2/ | n.a. | 117,016 | 113,932 |
| Male | n.a. | 60,711 | 59,039 |
| Female | n.a. | 56,305 | 54,893 |
| Registered marriages 2/ | 28,295 | 35,881 | 33,905 |
| Registered deaths 2/ | n.a. | 26,845 | 25,879 |
| Male | n.a. | 15,532 | 15,099 |
| Female | n.a. | 11,313 | 10,780 |
| 2000-2005 | 2005-2010 | 2010-2015 | |
| Crude birth rate (per 1,000 population) 1/ | 28.3 | 27.8 | 27.2 |
| Crude death rate (per 1,000 population) 1/ | 7.4 | 6.7 | 6.3 |
| Crude rate of natural increase (per 1,000 population) 1/ | 20.9 | 21.1 | 20.9 |
| Total fertility rate (number of children per woman) 1/ | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| Life expectancy at birth (in years) 1/ | |||
| Male | 64.1 | 66.1 | 67.6 |
| Female | 69.1 | 71.1 | 72.6 |
| FAMILY PLANNING (Source: FPS) | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 |
| Modern method 3/ | 25.0 | 23.1 | 23.6 |
| Traditional method 3/ | 19.0 | 20.1 | 20.8 |
| EDUCATION (Source: FLEMMS) | 2003 | 1994 | 1989 |
| Simple literacy rate (10 years old and over) 4/ | - | 94.9 | 87.3 |
| Functional literacy rate (10 to 64 years old)5/ | 80.1 | 82.8 | 68.8 |
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1/ -Source: 2000 Census-Based National, Regional and Provincial Population Projections. 2/ -Based on civil registration. Not adjusted for underregistration. 3/ -Based on currently married women aged 15-49 years. 4/ -Basic reading and writing skills. 5/ -Basic reading, writing, and computational skills. 6/ -Estimates are preliminary and may change. Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census-based Population Projections. r -Revised p -Preliminary CPBI -Census of Philippine Business and Industry. ASPBI -Annual Survey of Philippine Business Industry. n.a. -not yet available. | |||
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August 27, 2008
