TABLE 1 Number of Live Births and Crude Birth Rate by Sex, and Sex Ratio by Usual Residence of Mother: 2004
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Number of Live Births Crude Live Rate
Region ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Sex
(Usual Residence of Mother) Both Sexes Male Female Both Sexes Male Female Ratio
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Philippines 1,710,994 890,130 820,864 20.7 21.4 20.0 108.4
National Capital Region 278,588 145,282 133,306 25.2 27.1 23.4 109.0
Cordillera Administrative Region 32,404 16,949 15,455 21.2 21.9 20.5 109.7
I - Ilocos 99,710 51,832 47,878 22.5 23.2 21.8 108.3
II - Cagayan Valley 60,165 31,303 28,862 19.8 20.1 19.5 108.5
III- Central Luzon 198,222 103,289 94,933 23.3 24.0 22.6 108.8
IV-- Calabarzon 245,923 128,341 117,582 24.8 25.9 23.7 109.2
IV-- Mimaropa 44,975 23,396 21,579 18.5 18.9 18.1 108.4
V - Bicol 117,016 60,711 56,305 23.0 23.6 22.5 107.8
VI - Western Visayas 109,195 56,385 52,810 16.1 16.5 15.7 106.8
VII- Central Visayas 154,714 80,770 73,944 25.9 26.9 24.9 109.2
VII- Eastern Visayas 59,801 30,969 28,832 14.7 14.9 14.5 107.4
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 54,601 28,407 26,194 17.6 18.0 17.2 108.4
X - Northern Mindanao 77,342 40,156 37,186 19.9 20.3 19.4 108.0
XI - Davao 75,890 39,490 36,400 18.9 19.3 18.5 108.5
XII- Soccsksargen 51,654 26,576 25,078 14.9 15.0 14.8 106.0
XII- Caraga 35,353 18,237 17,116 14.8 14.9 14.6 106.5
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 15,350 7,984 7,366 5.1 5.3 5.0
Foreign 91 53 38 - - - 139.5
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Source: National Statistics Office, Vital Statistics Division
Page last updated: February 20, 2008
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