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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