Table 1.  Number of Overseas Filipino Workers, by Sex and by Region:
          April to September 2000 and 2001
          (In Thousands)

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                                                     2001              |            2000
Region                                    Both       Male    Female    |   Both     Male      Female
                                          Sexes                        |   Sexes
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PHILIPPINES                               1,029       528      501          978      527       451

    National Capital Region                 200       124       76          172      104        68
    Cordillera Administrative Region         23         7       15           25        7        18
    Region I - Ilocos                       104        37       67           99       35        64
    Region II - Cagayan Valley               58        13       46           54       12        42
    Region III - Central Luzon              135        79       56          126       84        42
    Region IV - Southern Tagalog            183       114       69          198      122        77
    Region V - Bicol                         32        20       13           28       15        13
    Region VI - Western Visayas              90        46       43           90       49        41
    Region VII - Central Visayas             46        31       15           52       37        15
    Region VIII - Eastern Visayas            13         6        6           19       11         7
    Region IX - Western Mindanao             28        11       17           30       16        14
    Region X - Northern Mindanao             20         9       11           15        7         8
    Region XI - Southern Mindanao            43        12       31           31       11        20
    Region XII - Central Mindanao            25         8       17           21        9        12
    Region XIII - Caraga                     10         4        6            8        5         3
    Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao     18         7       11           10        2         8

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Source: National Statistics Office, Survey on Overseas Filipinos
Note: Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.