TABLE 4. Number and Percent Distribution of Fetal Deaths by Legitimacy Status and by Region
of Usual Residence of Mother: 2004
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Legitimacy
Region -----------------------------------
(Usual Residence of Mother) Total Legitimate Illegitimate
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Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
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Philippines 8,935 100 6,256 100 2,679 100
National Capital Region 1,935 21.7 1,111 17.8 824 30.8
Cordillera Administrative Region 134 1.5 108 1.7 26 1
I - Ilocos Region 603 6.7 466 7.4 137 5.1
II - Cagayan Valley 162 1.8 133 2.1 29 1.1
III - Central Luzon 649 7.3 471 7.5 178 6.6
IV-A - Calabarzon 1,732 19.4 1,219 19.5 513 19.1
IV-B - Mimaropa 257 2.9 192 3.1 65 2.4
V - Bicol Region 498 5.6 378 6 120 4.5
VI - Western Visayas 664 7.4 526 8.4 138 5.2
VII - Central Visayas 944 10.6 664 10.6 280 10.5
VIII - Eastern Visayas 211 2.4 157 2.5 54 2
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 211 2.4 152 2.4 59 2.2
X - Northern Mindanao 397 4.4 282 4.5 115 4.3
XI - Davao Region 230 2.6 175 2.8 55 2.1
XII - Soccsksargen 205 2.3 148 2.4 57 2.1
XIII - Caraga 99 1.1 71 1.1 28 1
Autonomous Region in Musliom Mindanao 4 3 1 -
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Source: National Statistics Office, Vital Statistics Division
Page last updated: March 13, 2008
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