Table 1. Percent of Families With Married Women 15-49 Years Old Who Were Pregnant/Lactating
During the Past 6 Months and Recipient of Iron Supplement: October 1999
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Province Percent Provincial | Province Percent Provincial
Rank | Rank
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CAMIGUIN 91.5 1 ALBAY 62.6 40
EASTERN SAMAR 88.2 2 SARANGGANI 62.5 41
QUEZON 88.0 3 MISAMIS ORIENTAL 62.3 42
ILOCOS NORTE 86.2 4 ROMBLON 62.2 43
CAVITE 85.4 5 SOUTHERN LEYTE 62.0 44
SIQUIJOR 85.3 6 AURORA 61.9 45
APAYAO 82.1 7 CAGAYAN 61.6 46
NEGROS ORIENTAL 81.6 8 NUEVA VIZCAYA 60.8 47
ANTIQUE 81.3 9 ISABELA 60.4 48
CAPIZ 80.1 10 CAMARINES NORTE 60.4 49
BILIRAN 77.1 11 MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL 59.8 50
BUKIDNON 76.9 12 DAVAO 59.7 51
BATAAN 76.8 13 DAVAO DEL SUR 59.6 52
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE 76.6 14 LAGUNA 58.7 53
PANGASINAN 75.5 15 MARINDUQUE 58.6 54
SOUTH COTABATO 75.1 16 ILOILO 58.4 55
NORTHERN SAMAR 74.3 17 OCCIDENTAL MINDORO 58.4 56
ILOCOS SUR 73.0 18 AGUSAN DEL SUR 55.6 57
SURIGAO DEL NORTE 72.8 19 BATANGAS 54.2 58
AGUSAN DEL NORTE 71.9 20 KALINGA 53.2 59
SURIGAO DEL SUR 71.5 21 ZAMBALES 52.5 60
CEBU 71.3 22 MAGUINDANAO 52.4 61
BOHOL 71.3 23 BENGUET 52.2 62
DAVAO ORIENTAL 71.0 24 SULU 52.1 63
AKLAN 70.9 25 PALAWAN 51.7 64
TARLAC 70.6 26 GUIMARAS 49.0 65
ABRA 70.3 27 CAMARINES SUR 48.6 66
NUEVA ECIJA 70.3 28 ORIENTAL MINDORO 47.5 67
ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR 69.7 29 SAMAR (WESTERN) 46.2 68
TAWI-TAWI 68.0 30 NORTH COTABATO 45.3 69
RIZAL 67.3 31 CATANDUANES 42.7 70
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL 66.9 32 LANAO DEL NORTE 41.8 71
IFUGAO 66.2 33 LA UNION 41.3 72
LEYTE 65.4 34 BASILAN 41.1 73
SORSOGON 65.0 35 ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE 40.3 74
QUIRINO 64.4 36 MASBATE 31.1 75
BATANES 63.2 37 SULTAN KUDARAT 28.3 76
PAMPANGA 62.8 38 LANAO DEL SUR 21.5 77
BULACAN 62.6 39
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Notes: 1) The results of the 1999 APIS Provincial Ranking is not comparable with the
1998 APIS Provincial Ranking for Selected Poverty Indicators of the Bottom 40%.
2) The provinces are arranged based on the percentage of families meeting a
particular MBN indicator or poverty correlate from highest to lowest. The
province with the highest percentage of families meeting the MBN or were
covered by the poverty correlate is ranked 1 and the province with the
lowest percentage of families meeting the MBN or were covered by the
poverty correlate is ranked 77.
3) Percent of families with married women 15-49 years old who were
pregnant/lactating during the past 6 months and recipient of iron
supplement is an indicator of SURVIVAL NEEDS.
Source: 1999 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
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