Table 1.  Number of Live Births and Crude Birth Rate by Sex and by Usual Residence of Mother:
          Philippines, 2000

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                                   Number of Live Births |        Crude Birth Rate a |
Usual Residence             -----------------------------|---------------------------|   Sex                                                               Sex
   of Mother                Both Sexes     Male   Female | Both Sexes   Male  Female | Ratio
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Philippines                  1,766,440  918,243  848,197         23.1   23.8    22.3   108.3

National Capital Region        303,631  159,016  144,615         30.6   32.6    28.6     110
Cordillera Administrative
   Region                       33,017   17,245   15,772         24.2   24.8    23.6   109.3
   I - Ilocos                  101,310   52,654   48,656         24.1     25    23.3   108.2
  II - Cagayan Valley           59,585   30,977   28,608         21.2   21.5    20.8   108.3
 III - Central Luzon           200,361  103,781   96,580         24.9   25.7    24.2   107.5
  IV - Southern Tagalog        299,872  156,161  143,711         25.4   26.3    24.5   108.7
   V - Bicol                   117,979   61,238   56,741         25.2   25.6    24.7   107.9
  VI - Western Visayas         123,299   64,045   59,254         19.9   20.5    19.2   108.1
 VII - Central Visayas         153,080   79,867   73,213         26.8   27.9    25.7   109.1
VIII - Eastern Visayas          61,873   32,162   29,711         17.1   17.4    16.8   108.2
  IX - Western Mindanao         55,931   28,907   27,024         18.1   18.5    17.7     107
   X - Northern Mindanao        59,659   30,689   28,970         21.7   22.0    21.5   105.9
  XI - Southern Mindanao       103,555   53,527   50,028         20.0   20.2    19.7     107
 XII - Central Mindanao         44,231   22,849   21,382         17.0   17.4    16.6   106.9
XIII - Caraga                   39,616   20,266   19,350         18.9   18.9    18.9   104.7
Autonomous Region
  in Muslim Mindanao             9,327    4,804    4,523          3.9    4.0     3.7   106.2

Foreign                            114       55       59            -      -       -    93.2

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

Note:    a Based on Census 2000 actual count.

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