Table 6. Percent of Families With Access to Safe Drinking Water: October 1999
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Province Percent Provincial | Province Percent Provincial
Rank | Rank
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BATANES 100.0 1.5 MARINDUQUE 83.0 40
AURORA 100.0 1.5 NUEVA VIZCAYA 83.0 41
PAMPANGA 99.9 3 NORTHERN SAMAR 82.4 42
QUIRINO 99.4 4 DAVAO ORIENTAL 81.8 43
ORIENTAL MINDORO 99.1 5 ROMBLON 81.1 44
SIQUIJOR 98.8 6 SURIGAO DEL SUR 79.4 45
NUEVA ECIJA 98.8 7 LEYTE 79.3 46
TARLAC 98.7 8 NORTH COTABATO 78.5 47
CAMIGUIN 97.9 9 AKLAN 77.1 48
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE 97.8 10 CEBU 76.1 49
LAGUNA 97.4 11 MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL 75.8 50
BULACAN 96.9 12 SARANGGANI 74.2 51
SURIGAO DEL NORTE 96.8 13 RIZAL 73.9 52
ZAMBALES 95.2 14 SORSOGON 73.7 53
BATAAN 95.2 15 DAVAO 73.5 54
CAVITE 94.6 16 CAGAYAN 73.5 55
CATANDUANES 94.4 17 PALAWAN 73.1 56
PANGASINAN 94.3 18 SAMAR (WESTERN) 72.9 57
BATANGAS 94.2 19 LA UNION 71.1 58
ILOCOS SUR 93.8 20 ILOILO 70.9 59
BILIRAN 93.7 21 ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR 70.6 60
BENGUET 93.2 22 ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE 69.8 61
ISABELA 92.6 23 AGUSAN DEL SUR 69.4 62
ILOCOS NORTE 92.5 24 BOHOL 67.8 63
MISAMIS ORIENTAL 92.3 25 NEGROS OCCIDENTAL 67.3 64
ABRA 91.7 26 QUEZON 67.2 65
EASTERN SAMAR 91.6 27 BUKIDNON 61.6 66
SULTAN KUDARAT 91.0 28 GUIMARAS 61.3 67
IFUGAO 90.9 29 CAMARINES NORTE 58.8 68
SOUTH COTABATO 90.6 30 NEGROS ORIENTAL 58.7 69
SOUTHERN LEYTE 89.5 31 BASILAN 55.9 70
CAMARINES SUR 89.3 32 MAGUINDANAO 50.4 71
OCCIDENTAL MINDORO 88.7 33 CAPIZ 50.1 72
ALBAY 87.8 34 APAYAO 43.0 73
LANAO DEL NORTE 86.9 35 MASBATE 39.2 74
KALINGA 86.7 36 SULU 29.9 75
AGUSAN DEL NORTE 85.7 37 LANAO DEL SUR 29.2 76
DAVAO DEL SUR 85.2 38 TAWI-TAWI 11.4 77
ANTIQUE 83.4 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 safe drinking water is an indicator of
SURVIVAL NEEDS.
Source: 1999 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
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