Table 1. Number and Percent Distribution of Marriages by Region, Philippines: 2000

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                                                                                                   Month of Occurrence
Region                            -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                             Total    Jan    Feb    Mar    Apr    May   June   July    Aug   Sept    Oct    Nov    Dec
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Philippines                577,387 62,677 45,128 47,199 49,880 65,811 55,679 39,022 32,798 41,712 42,403 31,910 63,168

National Capital Region    105,548 10,214  9,314  9,133  7,262  9,535 10,162  7,892  7,300  7,773  7,556  6,768 12,639
Cordillera Administrative
   Region                   10,816  1,289    645    930  1,485  1,279    903    640    617    568    710    583  1,167
   I - Ilocos               33,838  4,649  2,276  2,662  5,035  3,949  3,233  1,709  1,360  1,456  1,648  1,484  4,377
  II - Cagayan Valley       24,203  1,902  1,592  1,743  3,564  3,597  2,248  1,529  1,616  1,371  1,753  1,294  1,994
 III - Central Luzon        68,174  7,869  5,073  6,156  6,245  8,089  6,411  4,176  3,774  3,960  4,246  4,083  8,092
  IV - Southern Tagalog     92,964 10,912  6,723  8,091  7,613 10,110  9,515  6,875  4,336  7,130  6,911  4,041 10,707
   V - Bicol                32,606  3,434  2,442  2,230  3,152  3,662  4,002  2,057  1,762  2,516  2,779  1,343  3,227
  VI - Western Visayas      42,925  4,564  3,353  3,625  3,558  5,673  3,674  2,396  2,332  2,672  3,245  2,241  5,592
 VII - Central Visayas      43,355  5,360  2,997  3,133  2,353  5,996  4,749  3,011  1,979  4,202  3,504  2,623  3,448
VIII - Eastern Visayas      21,169  1,945  2,612  1,671  2,454  2,597  1,975  1,415  1,169  1,534  1,399  1,052  1,346
  IX - Western Mindanao     17,439  1,959  1,372  1,666  1,120  2,078  1,338  1,301    967  1,454  1,487  1,131  1,566
   X - Northern Mindanao    19,504  1,835  1,745  1,665  1,388  2,352  1,632  1,408  1,319  1,436  1,592  1,132  2,000
  XI - Southern Mindanao    36,197  3,751  2,258  2,730  2,487  3,747  3,352  2,674  2,248  3,494  3,355  2,165  3,936
 XII - Central Mindanao     12,920  1,313  1,256    908    935  1,212    991    851    952    999  1,000    974  1,529
XIII - Caraga               14,624  1,561  1,373    777  1,136  1,840  1,444  1,021    986  1,036  1,148    946  1,356
ARMM - Autonomous Region
        in Muslim Mindanao   1,105    120     97     79     93     95     50     67     81    111     70     50    192

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

Page last updated:  March 1, 2004
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