Table 7. Magnitude of Families Below Food/Subsistence Threshold By Region, Urban-Rural: 1997 & 2000
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Region Families
Total | Urban | Rural
1997 2000 | 1997 2000 | 1997 2000
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Philippines 2,294,867 2,574,163 474,217 550,769 1,820,650 2,023,394
NCR 15,235 35,137 15,235 35,137 - -
CAR 64,381 48,126 4,510 2,516 59,871 45,610
Region I 138,740 130,107 27,461 26,511 111,279 103,597
Region II 79,453 72,027 15,416 15,283 64,037 56,744
Region III 67,880 65,458 28,429 29,891 39,451 35,567
Region IV 203,419 235,251 48,783 64,763 154,636 170,488
Region V 293,016 379,540 40,775 61,645 252,241 317,894
Region VI 244,029 270,348 48,623 51,708 195,406 218,640
Region VII 206,765 249,691 40,094 48,269 166,671 201,423
Region VIII 193,462 181,567 34,586 27,200 158,877 154,368
Region IX 114,878 159,553 14,716 21,032 100,162 138,521
Region X 220,488 224,262 56,376 52,384 164,111 171,878
Region XI 216,910 230,477 49,652 52,072 167,258 178,404
Region XII 137,662 142,305 26,114 33,776 111,548 108,530
ARMM 98,550 150,315 23,447 28,584 75,103 121,731
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Source of Basic Data: National Statistics Office, 2000 FIES Preliminary Results
Source of Poverty Statistics: TWG on Income Statistics
Related textual analysis | Family Income and Expenditures statistics index