TABLE 6.  CONSUMER PRICE INDEX BY REGION: 1997 AND 2000 (1994 = 100)

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        REGION                   AVERAGE CPI
                               1997      2000
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PHILIPPINES                    124.8     152.3

  NCR                          125.1     151.7
  CAR                          121.4     147.2
  ILOCOS                       123.8     151.1
  CAGAYAN VALLEY               124.6     153.9
  CENTRAL LUZON                124.5     152.0
  SOUTHERN TAGALOG             124.5     153.3
  BICOL                        129.4     160.6
  WESTERN VISAYAS              121.1     145.5
  CENTRAL VISAYAS              125.6     160.6
  EASTERN VISAYAS              127.4     155.5
  WESTERN MINDANAO             126.1     152.5
  NORTHERN MINDANAO            125.0     152.6
  SOUTHERN MINDANAO            124.0     145.9
  CENTRAL MINDANAO             122.0     144.7
  A.R.M.M.                     129.2     168.5
  CARAGA                       124.6     151.2

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Source:  Preliminary Results of 2000 Family Income and Expenditures Survey
         Income and Employment Statistics Division
         Household Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines