Table 3. Percent of Families With Married Women 15-49 Years Old Who Were Pregnant/Lactating
During the Past 6 Months and Recipient of Tetanus Toxoid Injection: October 1999
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Province Percent Provincial | Province Percent Provincial
Rank | Rank
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SIQUIJOR 100.0 1 NORTHERN SAMAR 57.9 40
SULTAN KUDARAT 90.0 2 ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE 57.4 41
APAYAO 89.1 3 MARINDUQUE 57.3 42
CAMIGUIN 83.0 4 SURIGAO DEL NORTE 57.2 43
BILIRAN 82.4 5 KALINGA 57.2 44
LEYTE 80.3 6 BENGUET 57.0 45
ANTIQUE 80.2 7 NUEVA ECIJA 56.6 46
BUKIDNON 79.8 8 NEGROS OCCIDENTAL 56.3 47
QUEZON 78.9 9 RIZAL 56.3 48
SARANGGANI 78.8 10 ILOILO 56.0 49
CAVITE 78.3 11 TARLAC 55.8 50
TAWI-TAWI 78.0 12 SORSOGON 55.1 51
EASTERN SAMAR 77.2 13 CEBU 54.6 52
NEGROS ORIENTAL 76.7 14 BATANGAS 54.2 53
MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL 75.6 15 CAMARINES SUR 53.2 54
PANGASINAN 75.2 16 AGUSAN DEL SUR 52.8 55
ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR 74.9 17 CAMARINES NORTE 52.5 56
ROMBLON 73.7 18 AGUSAN DEL NORTE 52.1 57
DAVAO 71.8 19 BOHOL 51.5 58
SOUTH COTABATO 70.7 20 ILOCOS SUR 48.5 59
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE 69.7 21 ZAMBALES 48.4 60
CATANDUANES 68.9 22 NUEVA VIZCAYA 48.4 61
ILOCOS NORTE 67.8 23 LAGUNA 47.8 62
CAPIZ 66.7 24 ISABELA 47.3 63
ALBAY 65.9 25 ABRA 47.3 64
PAMPANGA 64.6 26 MASBATE 45.1 65
SURIGAO DEL SUR 63.8 27 BASILAN 44.5 66
MISAMIS ORIENTAL 63.5 28 PALAWAN 44.2 67
OCCIDENTAL MINDORO 63.1 29 IFUGAO 42.0 68
SOUTHERN LEYTE 61.5 30 LANAO DEL SUR 41.5 69
CAGAYAN 61.4 31 LANAO DEL NORTE 40.6 70
AURORA 60.6 32 SAMAR (WESTERN) 40.3 71
MAGUINDANAO 60.6 33 LA UNION 39.5 72
QUIRINO 60.1 34 ORIENTAL MINDORO 39.3 73
BULACAN 60.1 35 GUIMARAS 35.1 74
BATAAN 59.6 36 BATANES 33.4 75
DAVAO DEL SUR 59.5 37 NORTH COTABATO 33.3 76
AKLAN 58.5 38 SULU 17.5 77
DAVAO ORIENTAL 58.2 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 tetanus toxoid
injection is an indicator of SURVIVAL NEEDS.
Source: 1999 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
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