Table 6. Incidence of Families Below the Per Capita Food/Subsistence Threshold By Region, Urban-Rural: 1997 & 2000
         (In Percent)

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    REGION                       TOTAL             |            URBAN            |              RURAL
                       1997    2000  % DIFFERENCE  |   1997   2000  % DIFFERENCE |    1997    2000 % DIFFERENCE
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PHILIPPINES            16.2    16.7       0.5          7.0    7.2        0.2        24.5    25.8       1.3

    NCR                 0.8     1.5       0.7          0.8    1.5        0.7          -       -         -
    CAR                24.9    18.0      -6.9          5.6    3.2       -2.4        33.4    26.3      -7.1
    REGION I           17.8    15.9      -1.9         11.2   10.5       -0.7        20.9    18.4      -2.5
    REGION II          13.5    12.4      -1.1         12.4   11.7       -0.7        13.8    12.6      -1.2
    REGION III          4.7     4.6      -0.1          3.5    3.5        0.0         6.2     5.8      -0.4
    REGION IV          10.5    10.1      -0.4          4.8    4.6       -0.2        16.9    17.6       0.7
    REGION V           30.2    34.0       3.8         15.7   21.1        5.4        35.6    38.6       3.0
    REGION VI          19.5    22.1       2.6         10.6   11.3        0.7        24.7    28.8       4.1
    REGION VII         19.8    22.5       2.7          8.8    9.7        0.9        28.3    32.5       4.2
    REGION VIII        25.7    24.8      -0.9         17.1   13.8       -3.3        28.9    29.1       0.2
    REGION IX          20.6    26.7       6.1          8.7   11.5        2.8        25.9    33.6       7.7
    REGION X           26.8    26.3      -0.5         16.9   15.0       -1.9        33.6    34.1       0.5
    REGION XI          21.7    20.0      -1.7         12.7   11.2       -1.5        27.4    26.1      -1.3
    REGION XII         30.6    28.0      -2.6         19.6   20.8        1.2        35.3    31.3      -4.0
    ARMM               27.7    35.5       7.8         30.3   29.9       -0.4        27.0    37.0      10.0

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Source of Basic Data: National Statistics Office, 2000 FIES Final Results
Source of Poverty Statistics: TWG on Income Statistics