Table 1. Number of Live Births and Crude Birth Rates (CBR), by Sex, and Usual Residence of Mother:
         Philippines, 2003

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                                            Both Sexes   |       Male      |      Female     |
Usual Residence                           ---------------|-----------------|-----------------|    Sex
   of Mother                              Number     CBR |  Number     CBR |  Number     CBR |  Ratio
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Philippines                            1,669,442    20.6   868,749    21.3   800,693    19.9    108.5

National Capital Region                  281,063    25.8   146,161    27.6   134,902    24.1    108.3
Cordillera Administrative Region          32,218    21.5    16,650      22    15,568      21      107
I   -Ilocos                               97,373    22.4    51,007    23.2    46,366    21.5      110
II  -Cagayan Valley                       58,940    19.8    30,683    20.1    28,257    19.4    108.6
III -Central Luzon                       194,795    23.4   102,051    24.2    92,744    22.5      110
IVA -CALABARZON                          236,363    24.5   122,780    25.4   113,583    23.5    108.1
IVB -MIMAROPA                             43,912    18.4    22,932    18.8    20,980    17.9    109.3
V   -Bicol                               113,932    22.8    59,039    23.3    54,893    22.3    107.6
VI  -Western Visayas                     112,111    16.8    58,526    17.4    53,585    16.2    109.2
VII -Central Visayas                     148,459    25.3    77,025    26.1    71,434    24.5    107.8
VIII-Eastern Visayas                      57,213    14.4    29,500    14.5    27,713    14.2    106.4
IX  -Zamboanga Peninsula                  50,205    16.5    25,978    16.8    24,227    16.2    107.2
X   -Northern Mindanao                    70,993    18.6    37,093    19.2    33,900      18    109.4
XI  -Davao Region                         72,994    18.6    37,979      19    35,015    18.2    108.5
XII -SOCCSKSARGEN                         50,043    14.8    25,968      15    24,075    14.6    107.9
XIII-Caraga                               33,998    14.5    17,749    14.9    16,249    14.2    109.2
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao      14,730       5     7,582     5.1     7,148     4.9    106.1
Foreign                                      100                46                54

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Note:    Figures are not adjusted for underregistration

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

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