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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