TABLE 1. Number of Fetal Deaths by Type of Attendant and by Region: 2004
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Type of Attendant at Birth
Region ------------------------------------------------------------
(Place of Occurrence) Total Traditional
Physician Nurse Midwife Birth Others Not
Attendants Stated
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Philippines 8,935 5,552 43 823 1,437 97 983
National Capital Region 2,193 1,897 9 107 77 41 62
Cordillera Administrative Region 143 120 1 3 6 13
I - Ilocos Region 592 342 5 94 67 3 81
II - Cagayan Valley 156 85 2 16 20 1 32
III - Central Luzon 625 379 4 73 72 4 93
IV-A - Calabarzon 1,511 827 6 185 284 15 194
IV-B - Mimaropa 256 107 4 19 81 2 43
V - Bicol Region 497 195 3 42 161 3 93
VI - Western Visayas 663 345 3 56 172 1 86
VII - Central Visayas 946 462 3 134 210 7 130
VIII - Eastern Visayas 211 139 1 8 34 29
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 214 140 2 11 44 3 14
X - Northern Mindanao 393 228 1 26 82 5 51
XI - Davao Region 229 127 17 54 1 30
XII - Soccsksargen 206 105 27 49 4 21
XIII - Caraga 97 53 7 27 1 9
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 3 1 - - - 2
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Source: National Statistics Office, Vital Statistics Division
Page last updated: March 13, 2008
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