Table 3. Number of Live Births by Medical Attendance and by Usual Residence of Mother:
         Philippines, 2000

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                                                                           Medical Attendance
Usual Residence                         ------------------------------------------------------
   of Mother                                                       Unlicensed             Not
                                 Total  Physician   Nurse  Midwife    Midwife  Others  Stated
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Philippines                  1,766,440    677,206  16,442  460,188    597,847  13,078   1,679

National Capital Region        303,631    195,962   2,045   73,489     31,134     846     155
Cordillera Administrative
  Region                        33,017     16,611     642    4,158      4,961   5,781     864
   I - Ilocos                  101,310     33,995   1,147   42,294     23,208     642      24
  II - Cagayan Valley           59,585     12,366     525   17,426     27,618   1,561      89
 III - Central Luzon           200,361     95,957   2,117   71,442     30,581     162     102
  IV - Southern Tagalog        299,872    110,359   2,705   82,806    102,961     897     144
   V - Bicol                   117,979     20,926   1,720   23,338     71,722     250      23
  VI - Western Visayas         123,299     42,425     734   21,511     58,099     438      92
 VII - Central Visayas         153,080     49,581   1,749   50,264     50,744     712      30
VIII - Eastern Visayas          61,873     17,040     470   11,262     32,828     211      62
  IX - Western Mindanao         55,931     12,111   1,013   13,820     28,596     369      22
   X - Northern Mindanao        59,659     16,537     347   10,420     32,208     130      17
  XI - Southern Mindanao       103,555     32,366     816   18,333     51,160     849      31
 XII - Central Mindanao         44,231     10,458     193   12,371     21,032     167      10
XIII - Caraga                   39,616      8,454     130    5,702     25,275      46       9
Autonomous Region
  in Muslim Mindanao             9,327      1,974      87    1,536      5,708      17       5

Foreign                            114         84       2       16         12       -       -

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

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