Table 4.  Number of Live Births by Age Group and by Usual Residence of Mother:  Philippines, 2000

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                                                                                                     Age Group of Mother
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Usual Residence                          Under                                                             50 and    Not
   of Mother                     Total      15    15-19    20-24    25-29    30-34    35-39   40-44  45-49   over stated
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Philippines                  1,766,440     755  125,270  492,745  491,158  362,264  207,148  73,525  9,365    762  3,448

National Capital Region        303,631     144   22,382   89,136   90,074   61,736   30,713   8,095    832     94    425
Cordillera Administrative
  Region                        33,017      18    2,424    9,190    8,620    6,714    3,955   1,507    194     18    377
   I - Ilocos                  101,310      30    7,455   28,657   27,740   20,486   11,651   4,520    557     50    164
  II - Cagayan Valley           59,585      19    4,916   18,124   16,078   11,129    6,537   2,371    310     28     73
 III - Central Luzon           200,361      49   15,457   59,812   57,070   40,043   20,271   6,425    763     70    401
  IV - Southern Tagalog        299,872     143   21,648   85,925   84,367   61,128   33,286  11,449  1,367    112    447
   V - Bicol                   117,979      53    6,392   30,100   31,651   25,599   16,263   6,744    996     75    106
  VI - Western Visayas         123,299      40    6,225   28,615   33,431   28,121   18,150   7,358  1,055     67    237
 VII - Central Visayas         153,080      79   11,284   42,362   41,757   30,723   18,745   6,978    794     57    301
VIII - Eastern Visayas          61,873      20    4,151   15,904   16,382   13,013    8,335   3,299    409     31    329
  IX - Western Mindanao         55,931      35    4,040   15,093   14,997   11,398    7,135   2,599    325     22    287
   X - Northern Mindanao        59,659      35    4,148   16,606   15,634   11,936    7,714   3,056    420     34     76
  XI - Southern Mindanao       103,555      57    8,462   29,252   28,216   20,366   11,969   4,532    610     40     51
 XII - Central Mindanao         44,231      20    3,350   11,982   11,813    9,086    5,551   2,006    338     22     63
XIII - Caraga                   39,616       9    2,290    9,645   10,689    8,699    5,712   2,203    304     33     32
Autonomous Region
  in Muslim Mindanao             9,327       4      645    2,328    2,608    2,050    1,146     372     86      9     79

Foreign                            114       -        1       14       31       37       15      11      5      -      -

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

Page last updated:  March 1, 2004
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