Table 1. Number and Percent Distribution of Marriages of Bride and Groom by Region,
Philippines: 2002 - 2003
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2003 | 2002 |
Region -------------------|------------------| Percent
Number Percent | Number Percent | Change
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Philippines 593,553 100 583,167 100 1.8
National Capital Region 100,665 17 100,698 17.3 0
Cordillera Administrative Region 10,822 1.8 10,657 1.8 1.5
I - Ilocos 35,857 6 35,071 6 2.2
II - Cagayan Valley 25,884 4.4 25,441 4.4 1.7
III - Central Luzon 75,738 12.8 72,827 12.5 4
IVA - CALABARZON 78,466 13.2 93,754 16.1 -1.3
IVB - MIMAROPA 16,527 2.8
V - Bicol 33,905 5.7 31,771 5.4 6.7
VI - Western Visayas 43,122 7.3 43,832 7.5 -1.6
VII - Central Visayas 43,060 7.3 42,097 7.2 2.3
VII - Eastern Visayas 22,178 3.7 19,409 3.3 14.3
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 16,312 2.7 16,233 2.8 0.5
X - Northern Mindanao 27,329 4.6 28,032 4.8 -2.5
XI - Davao 27,876 4.7 35,685 6.1 -21.9
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 19,980 3.4 12,968 2.2 54.1
XIII - Caraga 13,774 2.3 13,588 2.3 1.4
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 2,058 0.3 1,104 0.2 86.4
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Source: Vital Statistics Division
Civil Registration Department
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
Page last updated: August 12, 2006
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