Table 2. Percent of Families With Married Women 15-49 Years Old Who Were Pregnant/Lactating
During the Past 6 Months and Recipient of Iodine Supplement: October 1999
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Province Percent Provincial | Province Percent Provincial
Rank | Rank
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CAMIGUIN 91.5 1 PAMPANGA 54.8 40
QUEZON 88.0 2 ZAMBALES 54.4 41
APAYAO 82.1 3 CAGAYAN 54.4 42
ILOCOS NORTE 77.4 4 SARANGGANI 54.4 43
CAPIZ 77.2 5 ROMBLON 53.0 44
BILIRAN 77.1 6 CAMARINES NORTE 52.5 45
NEGROS ORIENTAL 73.3 7 BENGUET 52.3 46
NUEVA ECIJA 73.2 8 MAGUINDANAO 52.2 47
SURIGAO DEL NORTE 72.8 9 SULU 52.1 48
EASTERN SAMAR 72.5 10 DAVAO DEL SUR 51.9 49
DAVAO ORIENTAL 71.0 11 TARLAC 51.2 50
BUKIDNON 71.0 12 BATANGAS 50.7 51
NORTHERN SAMAR 69.9 13 KALINGA 50.6 52
BATAAN 68.5 14 MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL 50.0 53
TAWI-TAWI 68.0 15 MARINDUQUE 49.7 54
SOUTH COTABATO 67.8 16 OCCIDENTAL MINDORO 48.8 55
ILOCOS SUR 66.6 17 AGUSAN DEL SUR 47.9 56
PANGASINAN 66.2 18 CAMARINES SUR 46.7 57
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE 65.8 19 SIQUIJOR 46.4 58
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL 65.8 20 SOUTHERN LEYTE 46.0 59
BOHOL 64.5 21 LAGUNA 45.4 60
SORSOGON 63.0 22 LANAO DEL NORTE 44.3 61
IFUGAO 62.4 23 NUEVA VIZCAYA 43.7 62
ANTIQUE 62.4 24 ABRA 43.3 63
AURORA 61.9 25 ISABELA 41.9 64
QUIRINO 61.7 26 NORTH COTABATO 39.5 65
ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR 60.7 27 GUIMARAS 38.5 66
LEYTE 60.5 28 PALAWAN 38.4 67
AKLAN 59.8 29 ORIENTAL MINDORO 37.9 68
DAVAO 59.7 30 BATANES 36.8 69
AGUSAN DEL NORTE 59.7 31 BASILAN 35.7 70
RIZAL 59.4 32 SAMAR (WESTERN) 33.6 71
ALBAY 59.4 33 ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE 32.9 72
SURIGAO DEL SUR 58.4 34 CATANDUANES 31.6 73
MISAMIS ORIENTAL 57.4 35 LA UNION 28.1 74
BULACAN 57.1 36 MASBATE 27.1 75
CEBU 57.0 37 LANAO DEL SUR 19.0 76
ILOILO 56.2 38 SULTAN KUDARAT 18.3 77
CAVITE 55.4 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 iodine
supplement is an indicator of SURVIVAL NEEDS.
Source: 1999 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
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