Table 1.  Number and Percent Distribution of Deaths of Persons 15 Years Old and Over
          by Occupational Group: Philippines, 2000

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                                           Both Sexes |              Male |             Female |
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                                                      |           Percent |            Percent |
                                              Percent |         Distribu- |          Distribu- |
Occupational Group                          Distribu- |              tion |               tion |
                                                 tion |          to Occu- |           to Occu- |
                                             to Total |          pational |           pational |    Sex
                                     Number    Deaths |  Number     Group |  Number      Group |  Ratio
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Total                               317,083     100.0   188,580      59.5   128,503       40.5      147

Professional, technical
  and related workers                 4,250       1.3     2,388      56.2     1,862       43.8      128
Administrative, executive
  and managerial workers              1,430       0.5     1,217      85.1       213       14.9      571
Clerical and related workers          1,037       0.3       751      72.4       286       27.6      263
Sales workers                         6,879       2.2     4,826      70.2     2,053       29.8      235
Service workers                       5,077       1.6     4,211      82.9       866       17.1      486
Agricultural, animal husbandry
  and forestry workers, fishermen
  and hunters                        45,798      14.4    43,977      96.0     1,821        4.0    2,415
Production and related workers,
  transport equipment operators
  and laborers                       29,119       9.2    27,630      94.9     1,489        5.1    1,856
Workers not classified by
   occupation                         6,434       2.0     5,042      78.4     1,392       21.6      362
Members of the armed forces             777       0.2       772      99.4         5        0.6   15,440
Nongainful activities
  (Not in Philippine Standard 
  Occupational Code)                216,282      68.2    97,766      45.2   118,516       54.8       82

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

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