Table 7.  Percent of Families With Own Sanitary Toilet: October 1999

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Province             Percent     Provincial |      Province        Percent     Provincial
                                    Rank    |                                     Rank
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BATANES                100.0           1      AURORA                  86.7          40
SULTAN KUDARAT          98.7           2      LEYTE                   86.6          41
ILOCOS NORTE            98.1           3      OCCIDENTAL MINDORO      86.4          42
DAVAO                   97.6           4      ABRA                    86.4          43
ILOCOS SUR              97.5           5      PALAWAN                 85.3          44
CAGAYAN                 97.4           6      MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL      83.7          45
CAVITE                  97.2           7      SURIGAO DEL SUR         83.7          46
APAYAO                  97.1           8      ANTIQUE                 83.3          47
RIZAL                   96.2           9      NORTH COTABATO          82.3          48
LAGUNA                  96.2          10      ALBAY                   81.7          49
CAMARINES SUR           95.9          11      DAVAO ORIENTAL          81.6          50
PANGASINAN              95.8          12      ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR       80.9          51
ISABELA                 95.5          13      MOUNTAIN PROVINCE       79.5          52
NUEVA ECIJA             94.7          14      MARINDUQUE              79.2          53
SOUTHERN LEYTE          94.7          15      ORIENTAL MINDORO        79.0          54
BENGUET                 94.6          16      QUIRINO                 78.2          55
AGUSAN DEL SUR          93.8          17      NORTHERN SAMAR          76.4          56
ZAMBALES                93.6          18      IFUGAO                  76.3          57
MISAMIS ORIENTAL        93.6          19      BILIRAN                 75.4          58
BOHOL                   93.6          20      CEBU                    75.3          59
AGUSAN DEL NORTE        93.1          21      NEGROS ORIENTAL         74.7          60
ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE     92.9          22      CAPIZ                   74.4          61
SURIGAO DEL NORTE       92.6          23      QUEZON                  74.0          62
BULACAN                 92.5          24      BUKIDNON                72.8          63
PAMPANGA                92.4          25      CATANDUANES             71.1          64
TARLAC                  92.4          26      SORSOGON                68.9          65
CAMARINES NORTE         92.4          27      ROMBLON                 66.6          66
SIQUIJOR                91.5          28      EASTERN SAMAR           66.6          67
AKLAN                   91.5          29      SARANGGANI              65.7          68
NUEVA VIZCAYA           91.5          30      KALINGA                 64.2          69
LA UNION                91.1          31      LANAO DEL SUR           62.0          70
BATANGAS                90.8          32      NEGROS OCCIDENTAL       58.2          71
LANAO DEL NORTE         89.8          33      BASILAN                 51.1          72
BATAAN                  89.3          34      MAGUINDANAO             47.6          73
ILOILO                  88.7          35      SAMAR (WESTERN)         46.1          74
CAMIGUIN                88.2          36      MASBATE                 41.9          75
GUIMARAS                88.2          37      SULU                    20.8          76
DAVAO DEL SUR           87.9          38      TAWI-TAWI               11.6          77
SOUTH COTABATO          86.7          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 own sanitary toilet is an indicator of SURVIVAL NEEDS.

Source:  1999 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines
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