Table 4. Percent of Families With Access to Family Planning Services: October 1999
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Province Percent Provincial | Province Percent Provincial
Rank | Rank
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AKLAN 100.0 2.5 MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL 94.1 40
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE 100.0 2.5 IFUGAO 93.7 41
ILOCOS NORTE 100.0 2.5 CAMARINES SUR 93.6 42
SIQUIJOR 100.0 2.5 SORSOGON 93.2 43
CAPIZ 99.3 5 ALBAY 93.0 44
CAMIGUIN 99.2 6 NORTH COTABATO 92.8 45
ILOILO 99.1 7 BATAAN 92.8 46
EASTERN SAMAR 99.0 8 OCCIDENTAL MINDORO 92.8 47
GUIMARAS 98.9 9 ABRA 92.8 48
CAGAYAN 98.8 10 NEGROS OCCIDENTAL 92.6 49
LA UNION 98.5 11 CEBU 91.9 50
AGUSAN DEL NORTE 98.3 12 NORTHERN SAMAR 91.9 51
PAMPANGA 98.1 13 NUEVA VIZCAYA 91.5 52
APAYAO 98.0 14 DAVAO 90.8 53
AGUSAN DEL SUR 97.9 15 NEGROS ORIENTAL 90.4 54
SARANGGANI 97.7 16 SURIGAO DEL SUR 90.3 55
NUEVA ECIJA 97.4 17 AURORA 90.0 56
LANAO DEL NORTE 97.4 18 BENGUET 89.3 57
BOHOL 97.4 19 TARLAC 89.3 58
ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE 97.3 20 ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR 88.6 59
DAVAO DEL SUR 97.2 21 MARINDUQUE 88.4 60
RIZAL 97.1 22 ZAMBALES 88.4 61
BUKIDNON 97.1 23 QUEZON 88.1 62
SULTAN KUDARAT 97.0 24 MASBATE 87.9 63
CATANDUANES 96.6 25 CAVITE 87.7 64
ILOCOS SUR 96.3 26 KALINGA 87.4 65
PANGASINAN 96.1 27 PALAWAN 87.0 66
SURIGAO DEL NORTE 96.1 28 DAVAO ORIENTAL 86.1 67
QUIRINO 96.0 29 BILIRAN 85.5 68
LAGUNA 95.8 30 SOUTH COTABATO 83.1 69
MISAMIS ORIENTAL 95.6 31 ORIENTAL MINDORO 82.8 70
CAMARINES NORTE 95.4 32 SAMAR (WESTERN) 82.2 71
SOUTHERN LEYTE 95.3 33 BATANGAS 78.1 72
ROMBLON 95.3 34 MAGUINDANAO 72.2 73
BULACAN 95.2 35 BASILAN 62.0 74
BATANES 95.0 36 SULU 56.3 75
LEYTE 95.0 37 LANAO DEL SUR 40.0 76
ISABELA 94.7 38 TAWI-TAWI 36.7 77
ANTIQUE 94.2 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 access to family planning services is an indicator
of SURVIVAL NEEDS.
Source: 1999 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
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