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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