Table 16.  Percent of Overall Rank of Provinces Based on Selected Poverty Indicators:
           October 1999

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   Province         Average     Overall|    Province            Average     Overall
                      Rank        Rank |                          Rank        Rank
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MOUNTAIN PROVINCE     20.2           1   MARINDUQUE               37.9          40
ILOCOS NORTE          21.7           2   SOUTHERN LEYTE           38.1          41
BATAAN                26.1           3   SOUTH COTABATO           38.4          42
NUEVA ECIJA           26.5           4   AKLAN                    38.6          43
SIQUIJOR              27.6           5   IFUGAO                   39.1          44
QUIRINO               27.7           6   ABRA                     39.4          45
ILOCOS SUR            28.3           7   AGUSAN DEL NORTE         39.7          46
CAGAYAN               29.3           8   AGUSAN DEL SUR           39.8          47
PANGASINAN            30.1           9   BATANES                  40.0          48
DAVAO                 30.5          10   LA UNION                 40.5          49
CAVITE                30.5          11   OCCIDENTAL MINDORO       40.5        50.5
APAYAO                31.1          12   MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL       40.5        50.5
PAMPANGA              31.2          13   LEYTE                    41.5          52
SULTAN KUDARAT        31.8          14   SURIGAO DEL SUR          42.4          53
BOHOL                 31.9          15   NORTHERN SAMAR           43.7          54
BENGUET               32.3          16   CAMARINES SUR            43.9        55.5
AURORA                32.4          17   ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE      43.9        55.5
BUKIDNON              32.9          18   BATANGAS                 44.3          57
NUEVA VIZCAYA         32.9          19   SARANGGANI               44.4          58
MISAMIS ORIENTAL      33.3          20   TAWI-TAWI                44.9          59
SURIGAO DEL NORTE     33.9          21   ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR        45.3          60
BULACAN               34.1          22   CAMARINES NORTE          45.5          61
ALBAY                 34.5          23   SORSOGON                 45.6          62
QUEZON                34.8          24   NORTH COTABATO           45.7          63
CAMIGUIN              35.1          25   CEBU                     46.2          64
CATANDUANES           35.5          26   NEGROS ORIENTAL          46.4          65
LAGUNA                35.8          27   NEGROS OCCIDENTAL        47.1          66
CAPIZ                 35.9          28   ILOILO                   47.2          67
ZAMBALES              35.9          29   PALAWAN                  48.7          68
EASTERN SAMAR         36.1          31   ROMBLON                  48.8          69
LANAO DEL NORTE       36.1          31   BASILAN                  51.3          70
KALINGA               36.1          31   MAGUINDANAO              51.7          71
ANTIQUE               36.5          33   GUIMARAS                 52.3          72
ISABELA               36.7          34   LANAO DEL SUR            52.5          73
DAVAO ORIENTAL        36.7          35   ORIENTAL MINDORO         53.1          74
BILIRAN               37.2          36   SULU                     55.9          75
RIZAL                 37.5        37.5   MASBATE                  62.8          76
DAVAO DEL SUR         37.5        37.5   SAMAR (WESTERN)          63.7          77
TARLAC                37.8          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 overall rank of the province is based on the unweighted mean of the
            national ranking of the indicators of the province.  To get the overall
            rank, the unweighted mean of the ranks by province were arranged from
            lowest to highest.  The provinces in this order were then assigned ranks
            starting from 1 until 77.

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