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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