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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