Quickstat Index

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CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
May 2004

A monthly update of NSO's most requested statistics


INDICATOR REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA
PRICES Apr 2004 Mar 2004 Apr 2003
  Consumer Price Index (1994=100) 172.8 172.8 160.5r
   Inflation rate 7.7 8.0 3.1
   Purchasing power of the peso 0.58 0.58 0.62
DOMESTIC TRADE (quantity in thousand tons; value in P1,000) 2nd Qtr. 2003 1st Qtr. 2003 2nd Qtr. 2002
  Coastwise trade      
    Quantity - - -
    Value - - -
  Rail trade      
    Quantity - - -
    Value - - -
  Air trade      
    Quantity - - -
    Value - - -
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (Source: LFS) Jan 2004 Oct 2003r Jan 2003
  Labor force (in thousand) 956 950 936
    Labor force participation rate 68.9 68.0 64.9
      Employment rate 93.0 92.9 90.8
      Unemployment rate 7.0 7.1 9.2
      Visible Underemployment rate - - 5.4
CONSTRUCTION
(Floor area in square meters; value in P1,000)
4th Qtr 2003 3rd Qtr 2003 4th Qtr 2002
  Total (number) 424 266 272
    Total floor area 73,321 54,184 53,643
    Value 480,617 340,021 313,467
  Residential (number) 250 179 182
    Total floor area 42,800 31,021 31,957
    Value 242,235 163,695 187,027
  Nonresidential (number) 58 48 38
    Total floor area 28,339 15,599 19,296
    Value 181,038 78,119 89,378
  Additions (number) 14 8 21
    Total floor area 2,182 7,564 2,390
    Value 12,677 47,449 14,639
  Alterations/repairs (number) 102 431 31
    Value 44,667 50,758 22,423
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY (Sources: ASE/CE) 1997 1996  
  Number of establishments (With 10 or more workers)      
    Agriculture and Forestry 5 5  
    Fishery - -  
    Mining and quarrying 4 4  
    Manufacturing 68 65  
    Electricity, gas, and water 18 18  
    Construction 20 20  
    Wholesale and retail trade 163 145  
    Hotels and restaurants 162 147  
    Transportation 19 19  
    Financial intermediation 68 68  
    Real Estate 26 26  
    Education 80 75  
    Health 22 22  
    Other services 22 21  
FAMILY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE (Source: FIES)
(in peso, at current prices)
2000 1997 1994
  Annual average family income 139,613 112,361 74,669
  Annual average family expenditure 110,338 86,924 60,317
  Annual average family saving 29,275 25,437 14,352
DEMOGRAPHY 2000 1995 1990
  Total population 1,365,220 1,254,838 1,146,191
    Male 51.0% 50.8% 50.4%n.a.
    Female 49.0% 49.2% 49.6%
    0-14 years 37.3% 38.7% 40.1%
    15-64 years 58.6% 57.5% 56.3%
    65 years and over 4.1% 3.8% 3.5%
  Density (persons per square kilometer) 95.0 71.9 65.7
  Growth rate 1.82 1.71 2.28
  Average household size 5.2 5.1 5.2
  2005 2004 2003
  Population projection (medium assumption) 1/ 1,560,867 1,529,425 1,497,900
VITAL STATISTICS      
  1998 1997 1996
  Registered births 2/ 30,516 29,373 28,601
    Male 15,848 15,332 14,799
    Female 14,668 14,041 13,802
  Registered marriages 2/ 10,192 10,161 10,081
  1997 1996 1995
  Registered deaths 2/ 4,569 4,370 4,520
    Male 2,757 2,672 2,796
    Female 1,812 1,698 1,724
  2002 2001 2000
  Crude birth rate (per 1,000 population)  1/ 28.1 28.6 29.2
  Crude death rate (per 1,000 population)  1/ 6.6 6.7 6.9
  Crude rate of natural increase (per 1,000 population) 1/ 21.5 21.9 22.3
  Total fertility rate (number of children per woman)  1/ 3.67 3.76 3.84
  Life expectancy at birth (in years)  1/      
    Male 64.2 63.8 63.3
    Female 69.7 69.3 68.9
FAMILY PLANNING (Source: FPS) 2001 2000 1999
  Modern method  3/ 32.2 33.9 33.7
  Traditional method 3/ 14.6 16.6 14.2
EDUCATION (Source: FLEMMS) 1994 1989  
  Simple literacy rate (10 years old and over) 4/ 88.8 86.4  
  Functional literacy rate (10 to 64 years old) 5/ 78.6 73.7  
1/    -Source: 1995 Census-Based National, Regional and Provincial Population Projections, Volume II.
2/    -Based on civil registration. Not adjusted for underregistration.
3/    -Based on currently married women aged 15-49 years.
4/    -Basic reading and writing skills.
5/    -Basic reading, writing, and computational skills.
r     -Revised
p     -Preliminary
n.a. -not yet available

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