Table 5. Percent of Families With Couples Practicing Family Planning: October 1999
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Province Percent Provincial Province Percent Provincial
Rank Rank
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SULTAN KUDARAT 62.6 1 BATANES 35.2 40
QUIRINO 61.1 2 SURIGAO DEL SUR 34.9 41
CAGAYAN 56.5 3 MOUNTAIN PROVINCE 34.5 42
NUEVA VIZCAYA 52.8 4 RIZAL 34.2 43
DAVAO ORIENTAL 52.0 5 CAMARINES NORTE 34.2 44
DAVAO 51.2 6 PALAWAN 33.6 45
ILOCOS SUR 48.3 7 ZAMBALES 33.5 46
MISAMIS ORIENTAL 47.0 8 SURIGAO DEL NORTE 33.0 47
SOUTHERN LEYTE 47.0 9 LEYTE 32.9 48
BILIRAN 46.1 10 ILOCOS NORTE 31.5 49
BUKIDNON 46.1 11 AGUSAN DEL NORTE 31.3 50
BENGUET 45.8 12 KALINGA 31.2 51
CAPIZ 44.1 13 AKLAN 30.4 52
DAVAO DEL SUR 43.7 14 ILOILO 28.9 53
NUEVA ECIJA 43.5 15 APAYAO 28.9 54
ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE 43.0 16 GUIMARAS 28.6 55
BOHOL 42.8 17 PANGASINAN 26.5 56
AGUSAN DEL SUR 42.7 18 PAMPANGA 25.8 57
BULACAN 41.4 19 ROMBLON 24.4 58
LA UNION 41.4 20 SORSOGON 22.9 59
SARANGGANI 41.3 21 AURORA 22.6 60
QUEZON 40.7 22 CAMARINES SUR 22.5 61
ISABELA 40.4 23 NORTHERN SAMAR 22.4 62
BATAAN 40.1 24 BATANGAS 22.3 63
CAVITE 39.9 25 EASTERN SAMAR 21.8 64
ABRA 39.8 26 BASILAN 21.7 65
LANAO DEL NORTE 39.4 27 ANTIQUE 21.0 66
OCCIDENTAL MINDORO 39.4 28 MARINDUQUE 20.9 67
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL 39.2 29 MASBATE 19.2 68
SOUTH COTABATO 38.4 30 IFUGAO 18.3 69
ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR 38.3 31 MAGUINDANAO 16.9 70
NORTH COTABATO 38.1 32 SAMAR (WESTERN) 16.3 71
NEGROS ORIENTAL 37.9 33 ORIENTAL MINDORO 16.2 72
MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL 37.9 34 CATANDUANES 15.8 73
CEBU 37.4 35 SIQUIJOR 10.8 74
LAGUNA 37.3 36 LANAO DEL SUR 9.6 75
CAMIGUIN 36.7 37 SULU 9.5 76
TARLAC 36.5 38 TAWI-TAWI 3.2 77
ALBAY 35.8 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 couples practicing family planning is an
indicator of SURVIVAL NEEDS.
Source: 1999 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
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