TABLE 1  Number of Deaths and Crude Death Rates by Sex and by Region of Usual Residence of Mother: 2004

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                                                        Number of Deaths                 Crude Death Rate
Region                                    ------------------------------   -------------------------------
(Usual Residence of Mother)               Both Sexes       Male   Female   Both Sexes       Male   Female
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Philippines                                  403,191    237,750  165,441          4.9        5.7      4.0

National Capital Region                       58,513     34,176   24,337          5.3        6.4      4.3
Cordillera Administrative Region               5,461      3,303    2,158          3.6        4.3      2.9
I     - Ilocos                                29,208     16,700   12,508          6.6        7.5      5.7
II    - Cagayan Valley                        14,376      8,644    5,732          4.7        5.6      3.9
III   - Central Luzon                         46,858     27,223   19,635          5.5        6.3      4.7
IV-A  - Calabarzon                            55,813     32,886   22,927          5.6        6.6      4.6
IV-B  - Mimaropa                              10,145      6,220    3,925          4.2        5.0      3.3
V     - Bicol                                 26,845     15,532   11,313          5.3        6.0      4.5
VI    - Western Visayas                       38,580     22,840   15,740          5.7        6.7      4.7
VII   - Central Visayas                       32,488     18,332   14,156          5.4        6.1      4.8
VIII  - Eastern Visayas                       18,620     10,892    7,728          4.6        5.2      3.9
IX    - Zamboanga Peninsula                   10,511      6,504    4,007          3.4        4.1      2.6
X     - Northern Mindanao                     15,550      9,450    6,100          4.0        4.8      3.2
XI    - Davao                                 17,063     10,539    6,524          4.3        5.2      3.3
XII   - Soccsksargen                          11,580      7,139    4,441          3.3        4.0      2.6
XIII  - Caraga                                 8,554      5,266    3,288          3.6        4.3      2.8
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao           2,864      1,993      871          1.0        1.3      0.6

Foreign country                                  162        111       51

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Source: National Statistics Office, Vital Statistics Division

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