Table 4.  Number of Maternal Deaths by Type of Attendance and Usual Residence by Region,
          Philippines: 2000

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                                                                               Type of Attendance
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Usual Residence                                          Public
                                   Totala   Physician    Health   Hospital   None  Others     Not
                                                        Officer  Authority                 Stated
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Philippines                         1,698          48        20        984    642       4       -

 NCR - National Capital Region        164           6         -        128     30       -       -
 CAR - Cordillera Administrative  
        Region                         23           2         -         14      7       -       -
   I - Ilocos                          86           2         3         58     23       -       -
  II - Cagayan Valley                  60           2         1         31     26       -       -
 III - Central Luzon                  129           5         1         79     44       -       -
  IV - Southern Tagalog               272           3         7        163     98       1       -
   V - Bicol                          192           8         1         84     99       -       -
  VI - Western Visayas                129           1         -         72     56       -       -
 VII - Central Visayas                186           3         3        106     72       2       -
VIII - Eastern Visayas                102           2         -         50     49       1       -
  IX - Western Mindanao                73           3         -         44     26       -       -
   X - Northern Mindanao               63           2         -         39     22       -       -
  XI - Southern Mindanao              114           4         3         68     39       -       -
 XII - Central Mindanao                42           3         -         18     21       -       -
XIII - Caraga                          50           2         1         25     22       -       -
ARMM - Autonomous Region
        in Muslim Mindanao             12           -         -          5      7       -       -

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Source:  Health and Vital Statistics Division
         Civil Registration Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Note:    a Includes one (1) with foreign residence

Page last updated:  February 27, 2004
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