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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