TABLE 2  Number of Fetal Deaths by Type of Attendant and by Region: 2005

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                                                                                   Type of Attendant
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Region                                                         Traditional
(Place of Occurrence)              Total   Physician   Nurse       Midwife   Birth   Others      Not
                                                                 Attendant                    Stated
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Philippines                       10,351       7,254      67           895   1,958       28      149

National Capital Region            2,550       2,247       8           142     130        9       14
Cordillera Administrative Region     165         154       2             4       4        -        1
I   - Ilocos Region                  687         420       9           104     101        4       49
II  - Cagayan Valley                 167         106      -             15      45        -        1
III - Central Luzon                  603         462       2            60      73        1        5
IV-A- Calabarzon                   1,681       1,050      18           178     413        4       18
IV-B- Mimaropa                       252         115       5            23     103        -        6
V   - Bicol Region                   657         349      10            74     222        1        1
VI  - Western Visayas                731         445       5            59     217        2        3
VII - Central Visayas              1,264         804       3           142     273        2       40
VIII- Eastern Visayas                212         156       2            14      39        -        1
IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula            201         169      -             10      21        1        -
X   - Northern Mindanao              484         334      -             33     110        1        6
XI  - Davao Region                   307         205       1             7      92        1        1
XII - Soccsksargen                   261         160       1            28      69        1        2
XIII- Caraga                         118          70       1             2      43        1        1
Autonomous Region in Muslim
   Mindanao                           11           8       -             -       3        -        -

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Source:  National Statistics Office, Vital Statistics Division

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