TABLE 3 Number of Live Births by Attendant at Birth, by Usual Residence of Mother: 2004
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Attendant at Birth
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Region Total Physician Nurse Midwife Traditional
(Usual Residence of Mother) Birth Others Not
Attendants Stated
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Philippines 1,710,994 693,723 14,818 448,902 536,161 11,195 6,195
National Capital Region 278,588 172,306 1,576 75,057 29,281 322 46
Cordillera Administrative Region 32,404 18,043 659 4,043 4,312 5,080 267
I - Ilocos 99,710 37,413 1,043 39,922 19,379 533 1,420
II - Cagayan Valley 60,165 16,609 569 16,677 24,782 1,453 75
III - Central Luzon 198,222 102,068 1,772 64,977 26,163 177 3,065
IV-A - Calabarzon 245,923 103,377 1,834 80,493 59,026 699 494
IV-B - Mimaropa 44,975 10,052 406 6,942 27,286 243 46
V - Bicol 117,016 23,517 2,119 24,475 66,674 200 31
VI - Western Visayas 109,195 40,353 631 20,784 46,713 627 87
VII - Central Visayas 154,714 54,494 1,681 48,337 49,708 334 160
VIII - Eastern Visayas 59,801 18,838 489 9,243 31,113 79 39
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 54,601 17,996 612 10,845 24,786 284 78
X - Northern Mindanao 77,342 24,481 376 14,768 37,262 179 276
XI - Davao 75,890 29,267 510 13,545 31,877 670 21
XII - Soccsksargen 51,654 11,591 298 11,862 27,602 246 55
XIII - Caraga 35,353 8,695 110 4,843 21,660 29 16
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 15,350 4,553 132 2,077 8,529 40 19
Foreign countries 91 70 1 12 8 - -
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Source: National Statistics Office, Vital Statistics Division
Page last updated: February 20, 2008
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