Table 1.  Number of Deaths and Crude Death Rates by Sex and by Usual Residence by Region,
          Philippines: 2000

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                                               Number of Deaths |      Crude Death Rates a/
Usual Residence                    Both Sexes     Male   Female | Both Sexes   Male  Female
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Philippines                           366,931  217,404  149,527          4.8    5.6     3.9

 NCR - National Capital Region         56,791   33,457   23,334          5.7    6.9     4.6
 CAR - Cordillera Administrative        4,988    2,958    2,030          3.7    4.3     3.0
        Region                  
   I - Ilocos                          26,722   15,426   11,296          6.4    7.3     5.4
  II - Cagayan Valley                  13,387    8,136    5,251          4.8    5.6     3.8
 III - Central Luzon                   41,861   24,376   17,485          5.2    6.0     4.4
  IV - Southern Tagalog                59,125   35,067   24,058          5.0    5.9     4.1
   V - Bicol                           25,121   14,608   10,513          5.4    6.1     4.6
  VI - Western Visayas                 35,709   21,329   14,380          5.7    6.8     4.7
 VII - Central Visayas                 29,258   16,650   12,608          5.1    5.8     4.4
VIII - Eastern Visayas                 16,421    9,580    6,841          4.5    5.2     3.9
  IX - Western Mindanao                 9,734    6,004    3,730          3.1    3.8     2.4
   X - Northern Mindanao               10,640    6,524    4,116          3.9    4.7     3.0
  XI - Southern Mindanao               19,756   12,239    7,517          3.8    4.6     3.0
 XII - Central Mindanao                 7,618    4,890    2,728          2.9    3.7     2.1
XIII - Caraga                           7,943    4,889    3,054          3.8    4.6     3.0
ARMM - Autonomous Region
        in Muslim Mindanao              1,740    1,173      567          0.7    1.0     0.5

Foreign                                   117       98       19

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Source:  Health and Vital Statistics Division
         Civil Registration Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Note:    a Based on Census 2000 actual count

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