Table 4. Number of Live Births by Attendant at Birth and Usual Residence of Mother: Philippines, 2003
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| | Attendant at Birth
Usual | Total |------------------------------------------------------------
Residence | | Unlicensed Others Not
| | Physician Nurse Midwife Midwife Stated
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PHILIPPINES 1,669,442 670,468 14,966 437,686 532,556 11,688 2,078
National Capital Region 281,063 177,616 1,996 72,335 28,462 601 53
Cordillera Administrative Region 32,218 17,488 609 3,993 4,511 5,052 565
I -Ilocos 97,373 35,717 1,087 40,285 19,481 557 246
II -Cagayan Valley 58,940 15,454 507 16,390 24,776 1,604 209
III -Central Luzon 194,795 100,697 1,835 65,182 26,641 132 308
IVA -CALABARZON 236,363 98,379 2,012 76,445 58,400 870 257
IVB -MIMAROPA 43,912 9,285 457 6,834 26,995 337 4
V -Bicol 113,932 21,425 1,809 23,186 67,220 267 25
VI -Western Visayas 112,111 43,587 663 20,014 47,285 410 152
VII -Central Visayas 148,459 49,899 1,450 46,571 50,045 398 96
VIII-Eastern Visayas 57,213 17,411 498 9,562 29,629 80 33
IX -Zamboanga Peninsula 50,205 11,425 763 11,888 25,835 268 26
X -Northern Mindanao 70,993 21,083 280 13,992 35,455 129 54
XI -Davao Region 72,994 28,155 395 12,460 31,301 662 21
XII -SOCCSKSARGEN 50,043 10,057 364 11,922 27,427 261 12
XIII-Caraga 33,998 8,138 113 4,440 21,269 29 9
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 14,730 4,583 125 2,167 7,816 31 8
Foreign 100 69 3 20 8 - -
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Note: Figures are not adjusted for underregistration
Source: Health and Vital Statistics Division
Civil Registry Department
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
Page last updated: August 16, 2006
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